River Flood Warning 13, NWS Eureka, CA

Issued

Dec 21, 2012, 8:09 AM PST (16:09 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 21, 2012, 10:40 AM PST

Expired

Dec 21, 2012, 2:14 PM PST

In force

4 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 16:13 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 22.06 ft at Dec 21, 2012, 1:00 PM 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.

104 
WGUS46 KEKA 211609
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
809 AM PST FRI DEC 21 2012

...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...

  NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY

MODERATE RAIN OVER THE NAVARRO DRAINAGE BASIN IS CAUSING A RAPID
RISE ON THE NAVARRO RIVER THIS MORNING. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. 


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 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2012 AT 4 PM
OR AS WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC045-220009-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0013.121221T1840Z-121222T0930Z/
/NVRC1.1.ER.121221T1840Z.121222T0000Z.121222T0330Z.NO/
809 AM PST FRI DEC 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:15 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE OF 23 FEET IS EXPECTED BY 11 AM. 
* IMPACTS...AT 23 FEET...FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 128 APPROXIMATELY 5 
  MILES FROM HIGHWAY 1 IS CERTAIN AND THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. 
  MOTORISTS SHOULD USE ALTERNATE ROUTES.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 25.7 FEET
  ON MAR 28 2012.
$$

114 
WGUS86 KEKA 212214
FLSEKA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
214 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
CALIFORNIA...
 
  NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY

THE NAVARRO RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT
22.0 FEET. THE RIVER WILL RECEDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT...UNLESS WARRANTED BY
CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC045-212244-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121222T0930Z/
/NVRC1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
214 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* AT  1:15 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET. 
* THE RIVER CRESTED NEAR 22 FEET AND WILL RECEDE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING AND WILL BE NEAR 17 FEET AT 1000 PM THIS EVENING.

$$

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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.