[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flood Warning - Sacramento River (3/20/11-AM)

SACRAMENTO RIVER AT BEND BRIDGE SACRAMENTO RIVER BELOW RED BLUFF DIVERSION DAM SACRAMENTO RIVER AT TEHAMA BRIDGE SACRAMENTO RIVER AT VINA WOODSON BRIDGE SACRAMENTO RIVER AT ORD FERRY .SITUATION SUMMARY:  A MAJOR RISE IS WORKING ITS WAY DOWN THE UPPER SACRAMENTO RIVER THIS MORNING.  FLOOD STAGES ARE EXPECTED AT 5 LOCATIONS. OVERFLOW INTO THE BUTTE SINK  AT MOULTON WEIR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT. OVERFLOW INTO THE SUTTER  BYPASS WILL CONINUTE FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS AT COLUSA AND TISDALE WEIR. FORECASTS ARE BASED ON PRESENT AND FORECASTED METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ISSUANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  UNLISTED FORECAST POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW MONITOR STAGE.  ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY RIVER CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES AND FOR POSSIBLE FORECAST REVISIONS.  FOR MORE HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION AND STAGE DEFINITIONS REFER TO THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE (ALL LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO/HYDRO_DATA.PHP THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED [ADD DAY AND TIME HERE]. && THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ABOVE BEND BRIDGE.  * FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING... OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT7:45 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  * EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 27.0 FT NEAR THIS NOON THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 28.0 FT THIS AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO FLUCTUATE NEAR 28.0 FT THRU THIS AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 27.0 FT THIS EVENING THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE OF 22.0 FT TOMORROW MORNING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 22.0 FT LATE TOMORROW MORNING. * FLOOD STAGE 27.0 FT * MONITOR STAGE 22.0 FT  * IMPACT... NEAR 27.0 FEET, OVERFLOW OF THE EAST BANK BEGINS UPSTREAM OF GAGE.

Area: /BDBC1.1.ER.110320T1924Z.110320T2200Z.110321T0224Z.NO/

Affected Counties or parts of: Yuba, Plumas, Yolo, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Sierra, Alpine, Shasta, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Sacramento, Placer, Solano, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Lake, Tehama, Nevada

Sent: 2011-03-20T08:49:09-07:00

Original Sender: KSTO@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

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