River Flood Warning 14, NWS Eureka, CA

Issued

Dec 23, 2012, 9:18 AM PST (17:18 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 23, 2012, 2:47 PM PST

Expired

Dec 24, 2012, 2:08 AM PST

In force

11 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 17:21 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 27.32 ft at Dec 23, 2012, 7:00 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.

410 
WGUS46 KEKA 231718
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
918 AM PST SUN DEC 23 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

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BRING WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 
INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY RISING 
RIVER LEVELS WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

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 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2012 BY 9 PM
OR AS WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC045-240118-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0014.121223T2247Z-121224T1050Z/
/NVRC1.1.ER.121223T2247Z.121224T0100Z.121224T0450Z.NO/
918 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 8:15 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET. 
* 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.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 25.7 FEET
  ON MAR 28 2012.

$$

372 
WGUS86 KEKA 232343
FLSEKA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
343 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

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

MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE NAVARRO BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS 
WILL TAPER OVERNIGHT THEN END BY MONDAY.

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 BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 AROUND 
9AM OR AS WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC045-241030-
/O.EXT.KEKA.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121224T1030Z/
/NVRC1.1.ER.121223T2307Z.121224T0100Z.121224T0430Z.NO/
343 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 3:15 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23 FEET. 
* IMPACTS...AT 30 FEET...WATER WILL FLOW OVER THE BANKS OF THE 
  RIVER APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF HWY 128...AND WILL BEGIN TO 
  FLOOD PROPERTY IN THIS AREA INCLUDING SEVERAL HOMES. EXPECT 
  COMPLETE CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 128. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE ALTERNATE 
  ROUTES.

707 
WGUS86 KEKA 241008
FLSEKA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
208 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012

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

THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT TO BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

&&

CAC045-241038-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121224T1030Z/
/NVRC1.1.ER.121223T2307Z.121224T0315Z.121224T0856Z.NO/
208 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* AT  1:15 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.6 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 12:56 AM MONDAY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET. 

$$

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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.