LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – With heavy rain in the forecast, the National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a flash flood watch for the Valley, Rocky and Jerusalem fire burn areas in Lake County.
The alert will be in effect from 10 p.m. Monday through 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Flash floods and debris flows will be a particular threat in the burn areas. Rainfall rates could exceed one half inch per hour at times during the storm, according to the forecast.
Those traveling around Highway 175, Highway 20, Highway 16, Bottle Rock Road, Loch Lomond Road, Seigler Canyon Road, Big Canyon Road, Butts Canyon Road, Morgan Valley, Berryessa-Knoxville Road, Jerusalem Grade and other roads within and in close proximity to the burn area should be alert for road problems due to flooding or rock/debris flows.
Rivers and creeks of particular concern include Anderson Creek, Big Canyon Creek, Seigler Creek, Dry Creek, Harbin Creek, Putah Creek, Butts Creek, Copsey Creek, Seigler Creek and Kelsey Creek basins.
The severely burned areas of particular concern include the Rocky, Davis, Cache, Bear, Soda, Hunting, Eticuera and Jericho Creek basins, officials reporter. Users of the Cache Creek Wildlife Area and the Knoxville Recreation Area should be alert for flooding, rock and debris flows.
Officials said this could quickly become a dangerous situation. Hunters, residents, and persons traveling within the Valley, Rocky, and Jerusalem burn areas should remain alert and take action should heavy rain develop.
Flash flood watch issued for Lake County's wildfire burn areas
- Lake County News reports
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