That is what Pete Giddings on channel 2 in the Bay area is hinting when he says total rainfall in the Upper Oroville area.
Total Rain not snow fall.
Warm rain will melt snow packs.
Our north coast rivers are below flood stage but the ground is saturated and any more rain will run off into the rivers. A dam failure on the upper Mad River would flood a couple of small towns and the lower parts of the town just north of Benderville but we are safe except for a tsunami on our coast line. Our area had the Mother of all Floods in 1964...