FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS NEAR WILDFIRE BURN SCARS...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY...MOUNTAINS
SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...NORTHEAST
FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY...SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN
SHASTA COUNTY AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
* THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS NEAR WILDFIRE
BURN SCARS
* AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
* FOR SHASTA COUNTY...THE BURN AREA FROM THE MOON FIRE COMPLEX
WHICH INCLUDES PLATINA...IGO AND ONO. THE MOTION FIRE COMPLEX
WHICH INCLUDES KESWICK...ESPECIALLY BENSONS ROAD AND THE WHISKEY
CREEK AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 299. THE BURN AREA NEAR SHINGLETOWN.
THE SHU LIGHTNING COMPLEX IN THE BURNEY AREA. THE HAT CREEK
COMPLEX ALONG HIGHWAYS 89 AND 44.
* IN TEHAMA COUNTY...THE SMOKEY CREEK COMPLEX WHICH BURNED
ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 32...AND THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS WEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTES 32 AND 36.
* IN BUTTE COUNTY...THE LIGHTNING CAUSED FIRES WHICH BURNED
ADJACENT TO STATE ROUTE 70 NORTHEAST OF LAKE OROVILLE...AS WELL
AS THE HUMBOLDT FIRE INCLUDING PORTIONS OF LITTLE CHICO CREEK
AND BUTTE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR MUD SLIDES OR
DEBRIS FLOWS BASED ON CURRENT PRECIPITATION FORECASTS.
ANYONE NEAR BURN AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR MUD SLIDES AND
DEBRIS FLOWS THAT COULD SLIDE OVER ADJACENT ROADWAYS DURING THE
WATCH PERIOD. THESE COULD IMPACT NOT ONLY TRAVEL BUT THE SAFETY
OF ANYONE NEARBY. IF YOU OBSERVE MOVEMENT OF SOILS...DEBRIS OR
LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
