River Flood Warning 6, NWS Eureka, CA

Issued

Mar 29, 2012, 2:59 PM PDT (21:59 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 30, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT

Expired

Mar 29, 2012, 10:44 PM PDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Eureka, CA

Flood severity

Minor

County Del Norte County, CA

The Medford radar (KMAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 Smith River at Dr Fine Bridge (FTDC1). The gauge peaked at 31.22 ft at Mar 30, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT.

Action stage

27 ft

Minor stage

33 ft

Moderate stage

36 ft

Major stage

39 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11532650, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

636 
WGUS46 KEKA 292159
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
259 PM PDT THU MAR 29 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...

  SMITH RIVER NEAR DR FINE BRIDGE AFFECTING DEL NORTE COUNTY
  KLAMATH RIVER NEAR KLAMATH AFFECTING DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT 
  COUNTIES

OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN IS
EXPECTED IN THE SMITH RIVER BASIN AND 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE KLAMATH
BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE SMITH RIVER NEAR CRESCENT CITY AND
THE KLAMATH RIVER NEAR KLAMATH TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE. 

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 1000 PM MARCH 29 2012 OR AS 
WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC015-023-300559-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0005.120330T2018Z-120401T0330Z/
/KLMC1.2.ER.120330T2018Z.120331T0500Z.120331T2130Z.NO/
259 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE KLAMATH RIVER NEAR KLAMATH.
* FROM 200 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE
  WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  1:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.3 FEET. 
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 38.0 FEET AND WILL BE EXCEEDED AT 200 PM PDT
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* PEAK STAGE OF 43.3 FEET IS EXPECTED AT 1000 PM FRIDAY
  NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 42.0 FEET...FLOODING OF HWY 101 NEAR REQUA RD...THE 
  ROAD TO KLAMATH GLEN AND ADJACENT LOW LYING SECONDARY ROADS NEAR 
  THE DELTA IS LIKELY.  FLOODING WILL BE AMPLIFIED IF COINCIDENT WITH
  STRONG ONSHORE WINDS.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 43.8 FEET
  ON JAN 1 1997.

$$

CAC015-300559-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0006.120330T1900Z-120331T0100Z/
/FTDC1.1.ER.120330T1900Z.120330T1900Z.120330T1900Z.NO/
259 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SMITH RIVER NEAR DR FINE BRIDGE.
* FROM NOON FRIDAY TO FRIDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT  1:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET AND WILL BE EXCEEDED AT NOON FRIDAY. 
* PEAK STAGE OF 33.0 FEET IS EXPECTED AT NOON FRIDAY. 
* IMPACTS...AT 33.0 FEET...FLOODING IS LIKELY NEAR THE GRAVEL PLANT 
  AND ON SOUTH BANK ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF HWY 101.  WATER MAY FLOW 
  ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS INTO LAKE EARL ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE 
  RIVER INCLUDING AREAS ALONG LOWER LAKE DRIVE.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 33.2 FEET
  ON NOV 24 1970.
$$

141 
WGUS86 KEKA 300544
FLSEKA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
1044 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
CALIFORNIA...
 
  SMITH RIVER NEAR DR FINE BRIDGE AFFECTING DEL NORTE COUNTY

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.

NOW THAT THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED PLEASE REFER TO THE HYDROLOGIC 
STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THE SMITH RIVER NEAR DR FINE BRIDGE.

&&

CAC015-300614-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120331T0100Z/
/FTDC1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1044 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE SMITH RIVER NEAR DR FINE BRIDGE.
* AT 10:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.4 FEET. 
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 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.