000 WGUS66 KSTO 272155 FFASTO URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 155 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2005 CAZ013-014-066-068-280600- /O.NEW.KSTO.FA.A.0001.051227T2200Z-051228T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- 155 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2005 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...NORTHERN BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY... NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY...SHASTA LAKE AREA/ NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THE SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA WATERWAYS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ JUSKIE