Lack of snowpack from last winter and the heat this summer is causing the glaciers on Mt. Shasta to melt, creating several debris flows on the mountain that have blocked trails and roads in the area.
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An evacuation warning was in effect Tuesday through Wednesday for residents in the Whitney Creek area after a flash flood tumbled water and mud in the Lava Fire burn scar.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s office issued the warning at 6 p.m. Tuesday for areas of Juniper Terrace Road and Rising Hill Road in the Mount Shasta Vista subdivision due to a flash flood in Whitney Creek. It was lifted in the late afternoon on Wednesday.
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5 p.m. Wednesday: Whitney Creek evacuation warning lifted
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office has lifted the evacuation warning in effect for communities in the Whitney Creek area.
Tuesday was a real oddball, breaking two Redding weather records
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Amid a summer of smoky skies, drought and record-breaking heat, the weather in the North State broke or tied several different records Tuesday.
The National Weather Service said it recorded 0.01 inches of rain at the Redding Municipal Airport on Tuesday. That s one one-hundredth of an inch.
Put another way, that s an inch sliced up into 100 wafer-thin sections.
It may not seem like much rain enough to get your windshield dirty but it set a new rainfall record for the date, said Emily Heller, a meteorologist for the weather service.
Flash flood warning issued in Siskiyou County in Lava Fire burn scar
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Mt. Shasta Area Newspapers
As rain falls in Siskiyou County for the first time in weeks, the National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning in the Lava Fire s burn scar through 5:45 p.m. Tuesday evening.
Caltrans reported a debris flow from heavy rain on Highway 97, in the Whitney Creek area at about 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Flows of 1 to 8 feet of rock and mud were observed, the NWS in Medford, Ore. said.
Possible impacts are flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage and low lying areas, the NWS warned.