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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Flood advisory for Calaveras County extended to 12-3-12 to 6:15 pm

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1225 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS EXTENDED THE

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ALPINE COUNTY...
  AMADOR COUNTY...
  CALAVERAS COUNTY...
  EL DORADO COUNTY...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA COUNTY...
  PLACER COUNTY...
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY...
  SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY...
  STANISLAUS COUNTY...
  SOUTHERN SUTTER COUNTY...
  TUOLUMNE COUNTY...
  YOLO COUNTY...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN YUBA COUNTY...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY...
  SOLANO COUNTY...

* UNTIL 615 PM PST MONDAY

* AT 1225 PM PST THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING OUT OF
  INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL
  CONTINUE AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF
  SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS INTO MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WATER LEVELS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.