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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Sacramento, CA

January 16, 2023Amador County, El Dorado County, Sacramento County, California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this river flood warning at Jan 16, 2023, 11:47 AM PST for Amador County, El Dorado County, Sacramento County, California. It took effect at Jan 16, 2023, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2023, 11:47 AM PST (19:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2023, 2:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 17, 2023, 5:20 AM PST
In force
15 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 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 10.94 ft at Jan 16, 2023, 12:00 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 3:37 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySTOAmador, Calaveras, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus and 1 more7 hr
Jan 16, 11:47 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSTOSan Joaquin19 hr
Jan 16, 12:32 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySTOSan Joaquin19 hr

Nearby

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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.