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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Eureka, CA
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.
- 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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Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 1:55 AM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 19 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:17 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:55 AM PST | River Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 25 hr |
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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.