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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Eureka, CA

December 28, 2010Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this river flood watch at Dec 28, 2010, 9:55 AM PST for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Dec 29, 2010, 12:26 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2010, 9:55 AM PST (17:55 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 29, 2010, 12:26 AM PST
Expired
Dec 29, 2010, 3:45 PM PST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Flood severity
None

County Mendocino County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Navarro River near Navarro (NVRC1). The gauge peaked at 22.83 ft at Dec 29, 2010, 7:00 AM PST.

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Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11468000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Dec 28, 5:12 AM PST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:12 AM PST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 1:55 AM PSTGale WarningEKA19 hr
Dec 28, 3:17 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity24 hr
Dec 28, 9:55 AM PSTRiver Flood WatchEKAMendocino25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in California, 2010Every river flood watch in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.