CHICO – After a week of hundred degree heat in the North Valley, the weather will drop to the high 90s. Meanwhile, communities in the burning trail north of the Dixie Fire saw a night of minimal rainfall on Saturday evening following a flash flood warning issued by the National Weather Service.
While the temperature will remain above 100 degrees on Monday and Tuesday, the heat will drop by Wednesday.
“We’re going to have a lot of cold storage by midweek,” said National Weather Service forecaster Emily Heller. “We will see a gradual decrease into the 90s – which I mean is still warm – but we are expecting the highs to be relatively low by the fourth week of July.”
flash flooding update
Heller said that around 9 p.m. on Saturday, the flash flood warning announced by the National Weather Service was canceled due to a lack of rain-related reports.
The warning was originally declared toward the burn mark of the Dixie Fire, a wildfire that touched land in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta and Tehama counties in 2021, with a Doppler radar showing the Dixie West burn scar north The thunderstorm was indicated after indicating heavy rain. Of Greenville. At that time, the expected rainfall rate was one inch per hour.
Dixie West Fire Impacts:
The areas at highest risk of debris flow/sudden flooding are along the Hwy 36 corridor west of Chester and Hwy 89 near Greenville. #cocks pic.twitter.com/j06sfD5Sif— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) 26 June 2022
The warning was intended to remain in effect until 11:30 a.m. before being cancelled.
Flash flood warnings for the Dixie fire burn areas of SW Lassen and NW Plumas counties have been canceled until 9 p.m. The heavy rain has ended. No threat from floods is expected now. Continue to pay attention to any road closures. #cocks
— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) 26 June 2022
“Initially, this warning was specifically for the burn mark because of the risk of rockslides and mudslides,” Heller said.
The original warning stated that excessive rainfall on the burn trail would have caused debris flows, including rick, mud, vegetation and other loose material, possibly through the West Burn Scar along California Highway 89 near Greenville. moves from.
