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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Sacramento, CA

March 9, 2023Amador County, El Dorado County, Sacramento County, California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2023, 2:12 PM PST for Amador County, El Dorado County, Sacramento County, California. It took effect at Mar 10, 2023, 12:32 PM PST. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2023, 2:12 PM PST (22:12 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2023, 12:32 PM PST
Expired
Mar 30, 2023, 3:12 PM PDT
In force
20 days
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 22:14 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 11.13 ft at Mar 15, 2023, 4:00 AM PDT.

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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.

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.