River Flood Warning 1, NWS Eureka, CA

Issued

Mar 20, 2011, 8:55 AM PDT (15:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2011, 2:40 PM PDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Eureka, CA

Flood severity

Minor

County Mendocino County, CA

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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.

Written for the forecast point Navarro River near Navarro (NVRC1). The gauge peaked at 22.29 ft at Mar 20, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT.

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.

064 
WGUS46 KEKA 201555
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
855 AM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING IN COOPERATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF WATER RESOURCES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
A FLOOD & WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA... 

  NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY

RAINFALL that OCCURRED LAST 24 HOURS PRODUCED A rapid RISE TO NAVARRO
RIVER. STAGE AT NAVARRO IS NOW CLOSE TO AND EXPECTED TO EXCEED FLOOD
STAGE WITHIN AN HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 
TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT MOST VEHICLES.FOR AREA ROAD CONDITIONS...
CALL CALTRANS AT 1-800-427-7623.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED no later than march 20th at 4PM OR
AS WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC045-210317-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0001.110320T1555Z-110321T0317Z/
/NVRC1.1.ER.110320T1555Z.110320T1800Z.110320T2117Z.NO/
855 AM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  8:15 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.3 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET. 
* The river should peak at 24.5 around noon today. Then will recede
  to near 21 feet by 5pm.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET...FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 128 APPROXIMATELY 5 
  MILES FROM HIGHWAY 1 IS CERTAIN AND THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. 
  MOTORISTS SHOULD USE ALTERNATE ROUTES.

$$

346 
WGUS86 KEKA 202140
FLSEKA
RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
240 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011


...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NAVARRO RIVER IS CANCELED...

THE NAVARRO RIVERED CRESTED AT 22.2 FEET ON SUNDAY MARCH 20 AT 11
AM. FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON THIS EVENT, UNLESS FURTHER 
FLOODING THREATENS.

CAC045-202210-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110321T0317Z/
/NVRC1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
240 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011

FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO IS CANCELLED.
* AT 1 PM THE STAGE WAS 20.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE.

$$

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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.