The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers' — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow.
The weather service's Sacramento office said the region should brace for an even more powerful storm system to move in late Sunday and early Monday.
Evacuation warnings were in place for about 13,000 residents of a flood-prone area of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, where the swollen Russian River was expected to overspill its banks in the coming days. “With the severe nature of this storm, Caltrans is asking all drivers to limit nonessential travel until the peak of the storm has passed,” the department said in a statement.
The first of the newest, heavier storms prompted the weather service to issue a flood watch for a large swath of Northern and Central California with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.
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