Update on Flood Watch

From the National Weather Service in Sacramento: FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY...CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA...CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY...CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY...MOTHERLODE...MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY...NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY... NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY...SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER EASTERN BUTTE AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTIES WHERE A LARGE AREA OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF REDDING WHERE 10 TO 15 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN THE VALLEY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. * IMPACTS: DEBRIS FLOWS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENT BURN SCARS IN SHASTA...BUTTE...AND PLUMAS COUNTIES. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BECOME LIKELY AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH RIVER FLOODING POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS ABOVE THE FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER STORAGE RESERVOIRS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.