LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A flood advisory has been issued for parts of Northern California, including southern Lake County, through Thursday afternoon due to heavy rain in the forecast.
The National Weather Service issued the advisory through 2:45 p.m. Thursday. A flood advisory means minor flooding is possible.
The forecast called for a band of heavy rain to develop along and north of Interstate 80, roughly from Solano County and southern Lake County into the foothills and higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada.
The specific Lake County forecast calls for rain across the county on Thursday, with rainfall amounts of up to a quarter of an inch.
Rain also is likely on Thursday night, with conditions forecast to be clear through Sunday night, when rain reappears in the forecast and continues through the middle of next week.
Lake County received steady rainfall on Wednesday, based on reports from the National Weather Service’s observation stations.
Twenty-four hour rainfall totals, reported through 3:30 a.m. Thursday, are as follows, in inches:
– Bartlett Springs: 1.25;
– High Glade Lookout: 1.66;
– Indian Valley Reservoir: 0.82;
– Kelseyville: 1.10;
– Lakeport: 0.82;
– Lower Lake: 0.92;
– Soda Creek: 1.93;
– Upper Lake: 0.90;
– Whispering Pines: 2.28.
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More rain on the way; flood advisory issued for south county
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