* AT 1045 AM PDT...THE OPERATOR OF TWAIN HARTE DAM REPORTED CRACKS BEING OBSERVED IN THE DAM WITH WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE CRACKS. LOUD BOOMS ARE BEING HEARD NEAR THE RESERVOIR...SIGNALLING A POTENTIAL FAILURE OF THE DAM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE SULLIVAN CREEK AND AREAS IMMEDIATELYADJACENT FROM SULLIVAN CREEK...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF BELLEVIEW. THERESERVOIR IS JUST DOWNSTREAM OF THE TOWN OF TWAIN HARTE...WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED.

Instructions:    A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE... ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
Target Area:   
Tuolumne

Kathy Meader at caves in San Jose-------------Kathy is US Assc. Editor

Region:                           SICHUAN-YUNNAN-GUIZHOU REGION, CHINA

Geographic coordinates:           27.245N, 103.427E
Magnitude:                        6.1
Depth:                            10 km
Universal Time (UTC):              3 Aug 2014  08:30:13
Time near the Epicenter:           3 Aug 2014  16:30:14
Local standard time in your area:  3 Aug 2014  08:30:13

Location with respect to nearby cities:
11 km (6 mi) WNW of Wenping, China
29 km (17 mi) WSW of Zhaotong, China
91 km (56 mi) WNW of Weining, China
135 km (83 mi) ESE of Xichang, China
731 km (453 mi) NNW of Ha Noi, Vietnam

Rick Price

Storm burns from Cal into Oregon

 The Oregon Gulch Fire, 18 mile southeast of Ashland, Oregon, was extremely active on Thursday, burning across the California-Oregon border.  It is part of the Beaver Complex of fires that started July 30 from lightning. The complex also includes the Salt Creek Fire.

The Oregon Gulch Fire had only burned 100 acres Thursday morning, but by Friday morning it had grown to about 7,500 acres in or near the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Evacuations are taking place in the area. An Oregon Department of Forestry incident management team has been dispatched.

On Thursday morning more than 40 new fires had been reported in the previous 24 hours in Oregon. Almost 500,000 acres are burning in the state.

Several other large fires are burning in northern California:

Day: 4,500 acres,12 miles north of McArthur. Numerous residences are threatened and evacuations are in effect.
H-1 Bald: 3,100 acres, 9 miles northeast of Hat Creek. Residences are threatened.
White: 1,000 acres, seven miles southeast of Sawyers Bar. Residences are threatened.
Log: 130 acres, 8 miles west of Greenview.
KNF Beaver: 400 acres, 9 miles northeast of Horse Creek.