* WHAT…Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive
rainfall continues.
* WHERE…Portions of Sonoma County including Mark West Creek, Green
Valley Creek, Santa Rosa Creek, Laguna de Santa Rosa, and Colgan
Creek.
* WHEN…Until 300 AM PST Saturday.
* IMPACTS…Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations continues. Streams are receding but
remain in flood stage due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be
passable. It will take several hours for all the water from these
storms to work through local drainage systems.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 515 PM PST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated heavy rain. Flooding is already occurring in the
warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.
– Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is
expected.
– Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Windsor, Sebastopol, Cotati, Larkfield-Wikiup, Forestville
and Graton.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood