Rain Brings Debris Flow Concerns to Butte County, Paradise Following Camp Fire
Channel: Cal OES
Date: 2018-11-21

The adverse weather occurring in Northern California is a good reminder to opt-in to emergency notifications from Butte County’s Code Red system. You can do that here. Rain will fall on terrain burned by the Camp Fire, which could cause mudslides.

The NWS Sacramento is reporting that a weather system will move through the Butte County area today, with the heaviest precipitation occurring late this afternoon with moderate rainfall. This will increase the potential for ash movement and debris flows on recent burn scars. 

The second system will move through late Thursday afternoon into early Friday, bringing additional moderate to heavy rain and mountain snow along with gusty winds.

So it’s highly advised that you steer clear of areas of Butte County impacted by the Camp Fire, especially the Town of Paradise.