The National Weather Service in Sacramento issued a flash flood warning late Saturday for residents in a part of Wilton to seek higher ground due to the imminent risk of levee failure. The warning, which was issued after 11 pm, is for residents along the Cosumnes River at Cosumnes Road and Wilton Road.It affects those:South of Wilton Road West of Cosumnes RiverNorth of Gay Road Sacramento County’s Office of Emergency Services hours earlier called for people who live in Wilton to shelter in place if they haven’t already evacuated the area. “Rising water has made roads impassable in the area,” the county said after 3:20 pm “Residents currently on Dillard Road should continue to safety toward the Wackford Center, 9014 Bruceville Rd., Elk Grove, CA 95758. Those who are at home should stay at home.”Renee Podris, of Wilton, said she and her family had been in Elk Grove early in the afternoon but were met with roadblocks and flooded roads as they tried to get home.”It was really scary when we almost couldn’t get back into our home,” she said late Saturday. Podris said three of the four acres of her family’s property was underwater Saturday, but that she’d been in contact with roughly 20 of her neighbors and everyone was OK.”I’m just grateful to our Wilton community,” she said. “We’re all trying to help each other.” Sac County OES said in a release that there is an evacuation center in Elk Grove at the Wackford Community Center located at 9014 Bruceville Rd. Matt Robinson, a spokesperson for the county, said that the thinking with the shelter-in-place decision is that it would be more dangerous for people to drive in the dark and lose track of where they’re going and get stuck. Crews spent a good portion of the day trucking in rock to drop into the river in hopes of supporting the bridge. “The county’s mission is to make sure everyone is safe,” Robinson said.Robinson said the bridge was closed from Green Road to Grant Line Road as crews put down riprap. He said the hope is that crews will be able to work without having cars coming through the area. He said, there was also concern the bridge could fail if conditions worsened. That had not happened Saturday. Residents should not drive through standing water. The Cosumnes River level continued to rise throughout the day and reached its all-time highest level. Leeland Schneider, a member of Reclamation District 800, said Saturday that work was being done to keep Wilton Road Bridge open because it’s one of the main roadways used to travel in and out of the area.”If we get close to 1997 historical levels we ‘re not going to be able to stop the water from coming over Wilton Bridge and we’re going to have to close the road down,” Schneider said in the afternoon. Schneider said that RD 800 and Sacramento County responders have been preparing for the flood throughout the week and placing sandbags across the area. OES emphasized that drivers in the area should turn their vehicles around if they come across a large body of water. The release said that updates on road conditions can be found on Sac County OES’s website and on their Facebook and Twitter pages. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.
WILTON, Calif. —
The National Weather Service in Sacramento issued a flash flood warning late Saturday for residents in a part of Wilton to seek higher ground due to the imminent risk of levee failure.
The warning, which was issued after 11 pm, is for residents along the Cosumnes River at Cosumnes Road and Wilton Road.
It affects those:
- South of Wilton Road
- West of Consumnes River
- North of Gay Road
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Flash Flood Warning for Area of [email protected] sent a flash flood warning to residents at Cosumnes Rd and Wilton Rd, due to an imminent levee failure in that area on the Cosumnes River. Residents have been advised to seek higher ground immediately. pic.twitter.com/EX6D6aQeGj
— Sacramento County (@SacCountyCA) January 1, 2023
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Sacramento County’s Office of Emergency Services hours earlier called for people who live in Wilton to shelter in place if they haven’t already evacuated the area.
“Rising water has made roads impassable in the area,” the county said after 3:20 pm “Residents currently on Dillard Road should continue to safety toward the Wackford Center, 9014 Bruceville Rd., Elk Grove, CA 95758. Those who are at home should stay at home.”
Renee Podris, of Wilton, said she and her family had been in Elk Grove early in the afternoon but were met with roadblocks and flooded roads as they tried to get home.
“It was really scary when we almost couldn’t get back into our home,” she said late Saturday.
Podris said three of the four acres of her family’s property was underwater Saturday, but that she’d been in contact with roughly 20 of her neighbors and everyone was OK.
“I’m just grateful to our Wilton community,” she said. “We’re all trying to help each other.”
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Sac County OES said in a release that there is an evacuation center in Elk Grove at the Wackford Community Center located at 9014 Bruceville Rd.
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Matt Robinson, a spokesperson for the county, said that the thinking with the shelter-in-place decision is that it would be more dangerous for people to drive in the dark and lose track of where they’re going and get stuck.
Crews spent a good portion of the day trucking in rock to drop into the river in hopes of supporting the bridge.
“The county’s mission is to make sure everyone is safe,” Robinson said.
Robinson said the bridge was closed from Green Road to Grant Line Road as crews put down riprap. He said the hope is that crews will be able to work without having cars coming through the area. He said, there was also concern the bridge could fail if conditions worsened. That had not happened Saturday.
Residents should not drive through standing water.
The Cosumnes River level continued to rise throughout the day and reached its all-time highest level.
Leeland Schneider, a member of Reclamation District 800, said Saturday that work was being done to keep Wilton Road Bridge open because it’s one of the main roadways used to travel in and out of the area.
“If we get close to 1997 historical levels we’re not going to be able to stop the water from coming over Wilton Bridge and we’re going to have to close the road down,” Schneider said in the afternoon.
Schneider said that RD 800 and Sacramento County responders have been preparing for the flood throughout the week and placing sandbags across the area.
OES emphasized that drivers in the area should turn their vehicles around if they come across a large body of water.
The release said that updates on road conditions can be found on Sac County OES’s website and on their Facebook and Twitter pages.
This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.
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