ELSACBUL (05/16/08 0852)
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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
851 AM PDT FRI MAY 16 2008
...MINOR FLUCTUATIONS ALONG THE LOWER SACRAMENTO RIVER...
FORECASTS ARE BASED ON PRESENT AND FORECASTED METEOROLOGICAL AND
HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ISSUANCE.
CAC067-101-113-171551-
851 AM PDT FRI MAY 16 2008
SACRAMENTO RIVER AT
VERONA 05/16 07:45 STAGE 10.6 FT
FORECAST TO FLUCTUATE NEAR 10.5 FT THRU SUNDAY MORNING.
MONITOR STAGE MSG FT, FLOOD STAGE 41.3 FT
CAC067-113-171551-
851 AM PDT FRI MAY 16 2008
SACRAMENTO RIVER AT
I STREET BRIDGE 05/16 07:15 STAGE 3.7 FT
FRI 05/16
03 00 PM 2.0
07 30 PM 2.8
SAT 05/17
12 45 AM 1.9
06 30 AM 3.8
03 45 PM 2.0
08 30 PM 2.8
SUN 05/18
01 30 AM 1.9
MONITOR STAGE 25.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE 31.0 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 BECOME MANDATORY. AT A
WEIR...THE POINT AT WHICH OVERFLOW BEGINS AT A 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.
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