197  
WGUS86 KMTR 061458  
FLSMTR  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA  
658 AM PST TUE JAN 6 2026  
 
CAC097-061830-  
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
SONOMA CA-  
658 AM PST TUE JAN 6 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM PST THIS MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM COTATI TO HEALDSBURG IN THE  
SONOMA COASTAL RANGE.  
 
* UNTIL 1030 AM PST.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  
RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 658 AM PST, RIVER GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED MINOR FLOODING. THE  
RUSSIAN RIVER AT JIMTOWN IS NOW IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE, BUT  
TRENDING DOWNWARD. THE GAUGE AT DIGGER BEND NEAR HEALDSBURG  
APPEARS TO PEAKING IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE.  
- RUSSIAN RIVER AT JIMTOWN IS THE MOST LIKELY PLACE TO EXPERIENCE  
MINOR FLOODING.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
HEALDSBURG.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3871 12267 3867 12263 3857 12281 3862 12285  
3885 12282 3884 12281 3884 12280 3875 12271  
3874 12271 3873 12270 3871 12270  
 

 
 
JM  
 
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