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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Sacramento, CA

January 14, 2023Amador County, El Dorado County, Sacramento County, California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this river flood warning at Jan 14, 2023, 10:22 AM PST for Amador County, El Dorado County, Sacramento County, California. It took effect at Jan 14, 2023, 6:12 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2023, 10:22 AM PST (18:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2023, 6:12 PM PST
Expired
Jan 15, 2023, 2:10 AM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Sacramento, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Amador County, CA, El Dorado County, CA, Sacramento County, CA

The radar

The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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 Cosumnes River at Michigan Bar (MHBC1). The gauge peaked at 10.87 ft at Jan 14, 2023, 8:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11335000, 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 13, 3:20 PM PST, 19 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 3:20 PM PST, 19 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 6:45 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySTOAmador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn and 10 more15 hr
Jan 14, 8:50 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOButte, Tehama55 min
Jan 14, 8:57 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOSacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba63 min
Jan 14, 9:46 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOSacramento, Sutter, Yuba59 min
Jan 14, 10:54 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOAmador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, San Joaquin and 1 more51 min
Jan 14, 12:06 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOCalaveras54 min
Jan 14, 2:15 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOSan Joaquin45 min
Jan 14, 2:19 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOYuba41 min
Jan 14, 2:26 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSTOTehama19 hr
Jan 14, 2:26 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSTOButte, Glenn21 days
Jan 14, 3:44 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningSTOAmador, El Dorado, Sacramento6 hr
Jan 14, 3:44 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOEl Dorado61 min

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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.