[EAS] Oroville Dame Evacuation

[Sean Donelan]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2017, Mike McCarthy wrote:
> Anyone know whether locals employed EAS as part of the evacuation order.
>
> If there is ever a textbook case for use of the EVI code, it's a potential
> failure or breach of a huge dam.  Which this dame is....huge.

Oroville Dam is in Butte County, part of the Sacramento-Sierra EAS Local 
Area.

As far as I can tell, initially the National Weather Service issued a 
Flash Flood Warning (FFW) for Butte County via both EAS and WEA. People 
have reported getting the FFW alert on their cellphones.

The Sutter County Office of Emergency Management issued a Immediate 
Evacuation (EVI) warning but I haven't been able to determine what 
channels were used. The Sutter County message appears on the NIXLE feed, 
but not on IPAWS.

Officials in Butte County, Nevada County and Yuba County used Facebook, 
Twitter, and media outreach. I didn't see any other EAS or WEA warnings 
from Butte, Nevada or Yuba counties besides the NWS Flash Flood warning.

Local radio and TV broadcast stations from Sacramento (and nearby areas) 
went into breaking news mode. Assuming people heard about the warning from 
some other source, there was continious coverage on several radio and TV 
stations throughout most of the evening.