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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

1040 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008



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PLUMAS CA-BUTTE CA-

1040 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM PDT FOR

CENTRAL BUTTE AND SOUTHWESTERN PLUMAS COUNTIES...



AS OF 1020 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

NUMEROUS MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS ALONG HIGHWAYS 70 AND 32.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

TWAIN...STORRIE...STIRLING CITY...LOVELOCK...CARIBOU...BUCKS 

LAKE...BELDEN...FOREST RANCH...BUTTE MEADOWS...AS WELL AS ANY ROADS 

WITHIN THE BURNED AREAS.



NUMEROUS ROCK AND MUD SLIDES FROM BURNED AREAS HAVE IMPACTED HIGHWAY 

70. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED SEVERAL DEBRIS FLOWS 

ALONG HIGHWAY 32 DUE TO MODERATE RAIN. 



DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT RAIN RATES HAVE BECOME 

LIGHTER...HOWEVER RAIN RUNOFF MAY STILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL MUD 

AND/OR DEBRIS FLOWS.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 



LAT...LON 3993 12096 3956 12114 3962 12155 3993 12162

      4011 12113



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