...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR A PRIVATE EARTHEN DAM IN YUBA COUNTY ALONG LITTLE DRY CREEK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PRIVATE EARTHEN DAM IN YUBA COUNTY ALONG LITTLE DRY CREEK. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT * YUBA COUNTY AND LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THE POSSIBLITY OF FAILURE OF A PRIVATE EARTHEN DAM ALONG LITTLE DRY CREEK IN YUBA COUNTY. SEVERAL HOMES IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OF THE POTENTIAL DAM FAILURE. FLOODING WOULD OCCUR IN RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF THE DAM AND POSSIBLY TOWARDS SPRING VALLEY ROAD IN YUBA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY EVACUATE OR MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD A FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED. PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM IN THE AREA OF THE FLOOD WATCH SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS OUTLETS FOR UPDATES TO THIS SITUATION. A FLOOD WATCH ASSOCIATED WITH A DAM MEANS THERE IS AN ISSUE OR SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM AT THE DAM THAT THE DAM OWNER IS ADDRESSING. IF THE DAM WERE TO FAIL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD UPGRADE THIS WATCH TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO
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