LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – With rain forecast to continue through Tuesday, along with chances for snow overnight on Monday, the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for much of Lake County and other areas where there are significant wildland fire burn scars.
The watch is in place through 6 p.m. Monday, particularly for the Mendocino Complex burn area in Lake, Glenn and Colusa counties, and the Camp fire burn area in Butte County.
The National Weather Service issued the watch in response to a forecast of heavy rain for interior Northern California through the weekend.
The forecast calls for thunderstorms every afternoon and evening through Monday, with concerns that heavy rain from thunderstorms over a burn area can generate life-threatening debris flows.
Lake County already has had a few days of rainfall. As of 1 a.m. Sunday, 36-hour rainfall totals, in inches, recorded by National Weather Service stations around Lake County were as follows:
– Bartlett Springs: 2.41;
– Boggs Mountain: 3.35;
– Colusa County line: 1.77;
– Hidden Valley Lake: 1.96;
– High Glade Lookout: 1.15;
– Indian Valley Reservoir: 1.20;
– Kelseyville: 1.28;
– Knoxville Creek: 1.68;
– Lakeport: 0.98;
– Lower Lake: 3.55;
– Lyons Valley: 1.39;
– Soda Creek (near Lake Pillsbury): 1.37;
– Upper Lake: 1.04;
– Whispering Pines: 2.52.
Looking ahead, the Lake County forecast predicts a chance of rain and snow on Monday night and into early Tuesday, with total accumulation estimated to be under an inch and a half. Overnight temperatures are expected to hover around 30 degrees.
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More rain, possible snow in forecast; flash flood watch issued
- Elizabeth Larson
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