Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued September 26 at 5:49PM PDT expiring September 26 at 8:45PM PDT by NWS Sacramento CA

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Sacramento CA
Issued: 2014-09-26T17:49:13-07:00
Expires: 2014-09-26T20:45:00-07:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 8:45 PM PDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOLANO COUNTY IN WESTERN CALIFORNIA…

* UNTIL 845 PM PDT

* AT 540 PM PDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ROCKVILLE AND GREEN VALLEY. ROCKVILLE RD IS
FLOODED. SUISUN CREEK…GREEN VALLEY CREEK WILL FLOOD. RADAR
ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2.00 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE
PAST 3 HOURS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ARE ROADS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCKVILLE…GREEN VALLEY…CORDELIA JUNCTION AND CORDELIA.
Instruction: DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Solano

Message Identifier: NWS-140501-783844-717277
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings