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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
900 AM PST Wed Feb 25 2026

...The National Weather Service in Sacramento CA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in California...

  Sacramento River At Ord Ferry affecting Glenn and Butte Counties.

.Recent precipitation will lead to minor flooding at Ord Ferry,
Tehama Bridge and Vina Woodson Bridge on the Upper Sacramento River
System.

For the Upper Sacramento River...Ord Ferry, Tehama Bridge, and Vina
Woodson Bridge...Minor flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

For more hydrologic information and stage definitions refer to the
following web site: wrh.noaa.gov/sto/hydro_data.php

The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 900 AM PST.

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CAC007-021-261700-
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/ORFC1.1.ER.260226T0737Z.260226T1400Z.260226T2125Z.NO/
900 AM PST Wed Feb 25 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Sacramento River at Ord Ferry.

* WHEN...From this evening to tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 110.3 feet, Head cuts in 3Bs silt weir start overflow
  into Butte Basin, flooding dips on Ord Ferry Road west of River
  Road in Butte County. Persistent flows at or above this level
  increase flooding in Butte Basin. Ord Ferry Road and additional
  roads in Glenn and Colusa counties are closed due to flooding.
  At 112.0 feet, At 112 to 113 feet, water inundates portions of Ord
  Ferry Road (County Road 32) in Glenn County from CA-45 east to the
  county line at the Sacramento River.
  At 113.8 feet, Design overflow level for M&T, 3Bs and Goose Lake
  flood control facilities to divert flood flows into Butte Basin.
  M&T overflows close River Road from Ord Ferry Road to Chico Road.
  Ord Ferry Road is already closed.
  At 114.0 feet, Designated flood stage left bank.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:45 AM PST Wednesday the stage was 108.2 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 114.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 114.6 feet tomorrow morning.
    It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 114.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    114.8 feet on 03/21/2011.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3971 12211 3971 12189 3955 12185 3953 12206


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