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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
456 PM PDT SAT AUG 19 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE MCFARLAND BURN SCAR IN...
SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
WEST CENTRAL TEHAMA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM PDT.
* AT 456 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE MCFARLAND BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOWS.
THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE
MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE MCFARLAND
BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE MCFARLAND BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PLATINA.
* ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS INCLUDE... SOUTH AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 36 AT
BEEGUM TO THE TRINITY COUNTY LINE INCLUDING THE WESTERN SLOPES OF
SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN AND THE CAMPGROUNDS AT NORTH BEEGUM CREEK,
BEEGUM GORGE AND BASIN GULCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE MCFARLAND BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS, ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY AREAS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL
LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES, MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4036 12303 4034 12294 4036 12289 4030 12281
4029 12271 4025 12271 4022 12269 4017 12268
4016 12269 4018 12271 4019 12279 4016 12286
4017 12291 4022 12298 4025 12299 4026 12304
4028 12302 4030 12302 4030 12307 4035 12306
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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