Posted on 03/05/2006 5:30:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO
The National Weather Service warned Sunday that a Northern California storm could cause flooding in portions of the Russian River and Napa River.
The service issued flood warnings for the Napa River at St. Helena for late Sunday night or early Monday morning and for the Russian River at Healdsburg for Monday morning.
The Napa River at St. Helena had risen to about 8 feet early Sunday afternoon, below the 19-foot flood level, said Jeff Kopps, a hydrologist at the National Weather Service in Monterey. The Russian River at Healdsburg had risen to about 3 feet, well below the flood level of 13 or 14 feet, he said.
Forecasters expect water levels to begin falling by early Monday on the Napa River and by noon on Monday for the Russian River, Kopps said.
The storm system, which developed out of the Gulf of Alaska, moved into Northern California early Sunday and wasn't expected to move through until midday Monday, Kopps said.
High wind warnings for the Central California coast were in effect much of Sunday, Kopps said.
On the Net:
National Weather Service in Monterey:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/
If it weren't for floods, channel 2 wouldn't have anything to "report" on Sunday evening except that Arnold got snubbed at the CRA meeting. He-He-He
FEMA should take over California immediately, sending in National Guard troops to every county on either side of the banks of these rivers. Advise the Governor and the mayors, but do not ask if we should assume control, just take control. This was the error in Louisiana, as we all know now. We simply cannot risk the possibility that rivers might overflow their banks (aka "breach" of the banks, according to recent MSM definition). I cannot bear to read about rapes and murders of innocent citizens due to the failure of President Bush to take immediate and complete control of the state of California, to be relinquished when there is no further risk.
/sarcasm
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