It’s time to pray for those impacted and that the dam will hold. Questions later.
ULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
435 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2017
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
A DAM FAILURE IN...
SOUTH CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM PST MONDAY
* AT 419 PM PST, DAM OPERATORS REPORTED A HAZARDOUS SITUATION IS
DEVELOPING WITH THE OROVILLE DAM AUXILIARY SPILLWAY. OPERATION OF
THE AUXILIARY SPILLWAY HAS LEAD TO SEVERE EROSION THAT COULD LEAD
TO A FAILURE OF THE STRUCTURE. FAILURE OF THE AUXILIARY SPILLWAY
STRUCTURE WILL RESULT IN AN UNCONTROLLED RELEASE OF FLOOD WATERS
FROM LAKE OROVILLE.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION, DWR IS INCREASING WATER
RELEASES TO 100,000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND.
IMMEDIATE EVACUATION FROM THE LOW LEVELS OF OROVILLE AREAS
DOWNSTREAM IS ORDERED. FROM OROVILLE TO GRIDLEY...LOW LEVEL AREAS
AROUND THE FEATHER RIVER WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID RIVER RISES.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. REPEAT THIS IS NOT A
DRILL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OROVILLE, PALERMO, GRIDLEY, THERMALITO, SOUTH OROVILLE, OROVILLE
DAM, OROVILLE EAST AND WYANDOTTE.
Amen