THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

NEVADA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA…

EL DORADO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA…

PLACER COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA…

* UNTIL 715 PM PST

So far there is flooding at Combie Rd and highway 49… water all across the road.

A large boulder in the road at Highway 49 and Brewer Rd…

Eastbound I80 at Newcastle is impacted with flooding.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKLIN…

NORTH AUBURN…NEWCASTLE…LOOMIS…LAKE OF THE PINES…AUBURN…

APPLEGATE AND ALTA SIERRA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLING IN THE PAST HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA…ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.