Just after 1:30 pm Friday, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch from 12:00 am Sunday until 6:00 pm Sunday.
Impacts will include water on low lying roadways with poor drainage, rapid rises on streams and creeks and potential of rock and mud slides.
County Run Sandbag locations
Ambrose Recreation Center/CCC Family Service Center
3105 Willow Pass Road, Bay Point
Bags are located in a large green plastic trash bin on the west side of the parking lot next to the fence line approximately ¾ of the way back to the playing fields.
Byron Airport
500 Eagle Court, Byron
Bags are located in the pump house at the junction of Byron Hot Springs Road and Holey Road. Contact Airport staff at 925-634-0147 for access. The sand cradle is located on the west side of the pump house.
Knightsen Farm Bureau Building/County Agriculture,
3020 2nd St. in Knightsen
Located at the north end of the parking lot next to the building.
For Contra Costa County sandbag station concerns, please call Public Works at 925-313-7000.
City Run Sandbag Locations
City of Antioch – Maintenance Service Center
1201 W. 4th Street.
The station is self-serve, you can fill sandbags for $1.00 each and empty bags to fill at home are $0.50 each; quantities are limited to 20 per resident.
City of Brentwood – Corp Yard
2201 Elkins Way.
Limit of 10, do it yourself. No Charge
City of Oakley — Oakley Senior Center
215 Second Street Oakley
Bags and sand are located at the south end of the parking lot next to the large tree adjacent to Delta Station.
City of Pittsburg – Corp Yard
357 E. 12th Street.
No charge. The City of Pittsburg provides up to 10 sandbags per household to its residents. Sandbags can be picked up at the city’s Corporation Yard located at 357 E. 12th Street between the hours of 7am – 3pm, Mon-Fri. Residents must check into the office and provide proof of residency before loading sandbags into their vehicle. For more information, please contact the Public Works Department at (925) 252-4936.
Here is a copy of the alert:
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 12AM PST SUN UNTIL 6PM PST SUN …FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN CALIFORNIA… INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE…EAST BAY HILLS AND THE DIABLO RANGE…EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS…MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO COUNTY AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT…NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS…NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS…NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY…NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/HOLLISTER VALLEY AND CARMEL VALLEY…SAN FRANCISCO… SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE…SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST… SANTA CLARA VALLEY INCLUDING SAN JOSE…SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS… SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST… SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST AND SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/ARROYO SECO AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO.
* FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ON SATURATED SOILS WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN.
* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE…RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS WITH SOME LIKELY EXCEEDING BANKFULL…SOME RIVER FLOODING…AND POTENTIAL ROCK AND MUD SLIDES. RECENT BURN SCARS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DEBRIS FLOWS DURING PERIODS OF INTENSE RAINFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. &&
