wunderground.com ... Nexrad Mixed Composite Radar Map
Posted on 04/04/2006 1:10:27 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Two Central Valley levees broke Tuesday, flooding a trailer park in Merced and inundating farmland in Sacramento County as heavy rain continued to fall across Northern California, the State Department of Water Resources said.
A breach on Black Rascal Creek at the confluence of Bear Creek was threatening about 50 nearby homes in Merced, said Michael Miller, a department spokesman.
A couple hours later, a private levee built by a farmer east of Highway 99 at the crossing of the Consumnes River south of Sacramento swamped fields but posed no threat to homes, the highway or railroad tracks. The same area broke in January during heavy storms.
More rain, and probably more levee breaks.
If the rockin' don't come a knockin'! ;)
This proves George Bush doesn't care about....whatever kinda people were living in that trailer park!
Someone call Kanye West! (What should we call him?)
Will someone please take Mr. Rove's finger off the "Dynamite Levees" button?
yup,, snowpack is huge this year in the Sierras as well.. too bad we don't have more reservoirs to catch runoff..
WEather manipulation, surely you jest.. ;-)
The Pacific region is just bubbling and quaking away, el ninar is coming back.
The jackals in Sacramento are ready to go "See? We need that gazillion dollar infrastructure bond NOW!"
Copycats!
Will someone please take Mr. Rove's foot off the "El Nina" pedal?
What is it about trailer parks and disasters?
Trailers must be made out of disaster-magnet steel...
No trailer trash jokes! This is a serious issue! LOL !!!!
Or simple diversions to send it to other .... God forbid .... parts of the state. Personally I don't for the North - South thing .... that's an artificial division. East - West would make much more sense, look at our Red and Blue counties ...
How is a Tennessee divorce like a tornado? - Someone's fixin' to lose a trailer.
Any domed stadiums in the area for the refugees?
Actually, that nasty line of T-storms east of Modesto just might spawn a small tornado or two.
Actually we're BARELY in a La Nina; actually somewhat in dispute, some claim it's still neutral.
There hasn't been a strong El Nino since 1997-98.
Wow, I was just thinking a few minutes ago... chunks of Hwy 1 are now floating in the Pacific Ocean, Hwy 9 is clogged with mud, I wonder when the levees will break.....
Sorry, I'll stop thinking 'cause next will be the houses tumbling down the hillside.
oops
Yikes!!
Don't say that. I live east of Modesto......
You know, everybody complains about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it. ;-)
Al Qaeda Thunderball ping.
lol
I had heard that we were in the early stages of a nina too,, looking at what we got lately? I don't know. ;-)
I am sorry but it is El Nino, not ninar:) I just couldn't help saying it!
Well, I would go for both a north/south and east/west division, but a pure east/west would be ok. I would love to sever everything below Bakersfield and then split off the coast at about hwy 101!
I guess Arco Arena is the "shelter of last resort."
I disagree...the only two blue counties in So Cal are LA and Imperial (illegals.)
Where is California's Looter Man?????
I'm going to add an obligatory "it's Bush's fault".
First, I'd like to send my sister instructions to build an ark.
I'd love to amputate that festering growth down there; but first we need to save the FReepers who are stuck in that muck.
East and Central Joaquin Valley Alert
Expires 8:00 PM EDT on April 04, 2006
urgent - immediate broadcast requested
Severe Thunderstorm Watch number 149
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1030 am PDT Tue Apr 4 2006
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
central California
Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 1030 am until 500 PM PDT.
Hail to 1.5 inches in diameter... thunderstorm wind gusts to 70mph... and dangerous lightning are possible in these areas.
The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles either side of a line from 15 miles northwest of Sacramento California to 10 miles east southeast of Bakersfield California.
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Just heard a Flash Flood warning for Amador,Stanislaus counties, Jackson area..
Looks lkike some intense stuff working up into a good one inland
Ok, we can send arks in to save conservatives! All my relatives are out of Southern CA and up here in God's country(too bad we are hooked onto hell also), so I didn't think about the conservatives that need saving down where the levies flow(and break). :)
Whoever thought global warming would flood California...
Get in a canoe, and row down here to Bakersfield to wait this thing out. :-) I have an extra room.
I used to live in Placerville and in Sacramento. It is beautiful up there, I have to agree.
Aha! You read the same script I did!
Amador county, much better than Sac!:) East of Sac about 45 miles, in the foothills and it will take on heck of a lot of water to flood here!
We used to drive that way to Marpiosa, I believe. It's a wild ride; but lovely!!!
We have the same warnings here in Tuolumne county, and I can hear the thunder in the distance just starting to rumble. Going to be an interesting afternoon.
It's NOT rain. It's undocumented sunshine.
The Nexrad radar shows tornadic activity east of Oakley.
It isnt the rain, its the melting snow!
Where is Celine Dion when we need her!
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was...GONE!
...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MERCED RIVER AT
STEVINSON THROUGH 2 AM WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE MERCED RIVER THROUGH 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...
CONTINUING RAINFALL IS PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SEVERAL
TRIBUTARIES OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER.
&&
FORECASTS ARE BASED ON PRESENT AND FORECASTED METEOROLOGICAL
AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ISSUANCE.
MERCED RIVER AT
STEVINSON 11 AM STAGE 66.7 FT
FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 71.0 FT NEAR NOON WEDNESDAY
THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 70.0 FT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
MONITOR STAGE 67.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE 71.0 FT
UNLISTED FORECAST POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW MONITOR STAGE.
ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY RIVER CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID
CHANGES AND FOR POSSIBLE FORECAST REVISIONS.
MONITOR STAGE...INITIAL ACTION STAGE...ALONG UNLEVEED SECTIONS OF THE
RIVER...OVERBANK FLOWS MAY COVER LOW LYING LANDS AND LOCAL ROADS.
ALONG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT LEVEES...LEVEE PATROLS MAY BECOME
MANDATORY. AT A WEIR...THE POINT AT WHICH OVERFLOW BEGINS AT THE
WEIR.
FLOOD STAGE...ALONG UNLEVEED SECTIONS OF THE RIVER...OVERBANK FLOWS
ARE OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE INUNDATION OF LAND
AND ROADS...OR SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. ALONG FLOOD
CONTROL PROJECT LEVEES...THIS IS THE STAGE AT WHICH THE FLOW WITHIN
THE LEVEE IS AT MAXIMUM DESIGN CAPACITY.
0594 3:16PM Roadway Flooding SNELLING Merced
0593 3:15PM Hit and Run - No Injuries S ABBIE ST AT SR132 Modesto
0592 3:15PM Traffic Collision - No Details SANTA FE AV AT MARKET ST Merced
0589 3:14PM Roadway Flooding HORNITOS RD AT OLD TOLL RD Mariposa
0584 3:10PM Traffic Hazard VINCENT AT LINWOOD Merced
0582 3:08PM Traffic Hazard EB SR152 JWO VISITOR CENTER Los Banos
0579 3:07PM Lane Closure PRIEST GRADE JEO OLD PRIEST GRADE Sonora
0576 3:04PM Roadway Flooding SOUTHERN PACIFIC AV AT TRINDADE RD Merced
0573 3:02PM Traffic Collision - Ambulance Responding CLARIBEL RD JWO ALBERS RD Modesto
0566 2:55PM Traffic Collision - No Injuries SR140 AT PERSIMMON WY Merced
0527 1:52PM Roadway Flooding HORSESHOE RD AT ORANGE BLOSSOM RD Modesto
0526 1:50PM Mud, Dirt or Rock Slide TULLOCH RD AT EB SR120 Sonora
0489 1:01PM Possible Fatality SANTA FE DR JSO EL CAPITAN WY Merced
0479 12:50PM Roadway Flooding ASHBY RD AT FRANKLIN RD Merced
0098 4:18AM Roadway Flooding SR140 AT N BUHACH RD Merced
I'm in Twain Harte, just east of Sonora, and we're getting hammered right now.
Huge thunder, pouring rain and hail. The roads around here are all waterfalls.
No more trips to Santa Cruz through Los Banos for a while. Instead I'll head west to I-5 at Patterson, and south from there to 156.
Good point! There is a whopper pile of snow this year and we ain't thru yet packing it in.
Actually, it's the melting snow, and we are being inundated with rain. Big TIME!!
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