NOAA Flood Advisory

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
154 PM PST FRI DEC 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET IN...
  SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
  NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
  CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
  SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
  CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-
  NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
  CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
  NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
  MOTHERLODE-

* UNTIL 145 PM PST SATURDAY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED AFTER
  600 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* RAINFALL RATES COULD EXCEED AN INCH AN HOUR AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
  THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. FALLEN LEAVES WILL
  LIKELY CLOG DRAINS AND LEAD TO NUISANCE TYPE FLOODING OF
  UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW
  MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.