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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Sacramento, CA

January 3, 2008Tehama County, California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this river flood warning at Jan 3, 2008, 8:27 PM PST for Tehama County, California. It took effect at Jan 4, 2008, 8:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2008, 8:27 PM PST (04:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 4, 2008, 8:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 4, 2008, 8:25 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Sacramento, CA
Flood severity
Minor

County Tehama County, CA

The radar

The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Sacramento River at Tehama Bridge (TEHC1).

Action stage
206.5 ft
Minor stage
209.5 ft
Moderate stage
216.5 ft
Major stage
217.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 3, 3:00 PM PST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:00 PM PST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 7:00 AM PST, 13 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
700 AM PST THU JAN 3 2008

CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-041500-
SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE-
EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
700 AM PST THU JAN 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
LATE TONIGHT BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO MOST AREAS AS WELL AS RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED AT THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL BRING WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS.

* BLIZZARD WARNING...........SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KSTO - NPWSTO FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE SERIES OF POWERFUL STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE VALLEYS.  IT APPEARS SNOW LEVELS
WILL BE NEAR 5000-6000 FEET FRIDAY...THEN DOWN TO 3500 TO 4500 FEET
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL FEET OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
SIERRA CASCADE RANGE COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS AT TIMES IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT TIMES BETWEEN
FRIDAY AND SUNDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEY
WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.

* BLIZZARD WARNING...........SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KSTO - NPWSTO FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
(LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in California, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.