River Flood Watch 4, NWS Eureka, CA

Issued

Dec 22, 2012, 10:01 AM PST (18:01 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 23, 2012, 2:47 PM PST

Expired

Dec 23, 2012, 9:31 AM PST

In force

Issued by

NWS Eureka, CA

Flood severity

None

County Mendocino County, CA

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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.

901 
WGUS66 KEKA 221801
FFAEKA
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
1001 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH 
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...

  NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY 

.ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE
TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS
WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY RISING RIVER LEVELS WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR 
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.

&&

CAC045-230601-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.A.0004.121223T2354Z-121224T1406Z/
/NVRC1.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1001 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012

 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WATCH FOR 
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WATCH IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT  9:15 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* THIS RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 23.0 FT
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 24.0 FT SUNDAY
  EVENING THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 23.0 FT THEN 
  FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 11.0 FT LATE TUESDAY MORNING.

$$

943 
WGUS66 KEKA 230407
FFAEKA
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
807 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012

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

.ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BRING WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 
INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY RISING 
RIVER LEVELS WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR 
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.

&&

CAC045-231607-
/O.CON.KEKA.FL.A.0004.121223T2354Z-121224T1406Z/
/NVRC1.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
807 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO
* FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING.
* AT 7:15 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.4 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 23 FT 
  TOMORROW AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 24 FT TOMORROW 
  EVENING. THE RIVER IS THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  OF 23 FT AND TO RECEDE TO NEAR 10 FT TUESDAY EVENING.

509 
WGUS66 KEKA 231731
FFAEKA
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
931 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
CALIFORNIA...

  NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY
   AND HAS BEEN REPLACED A BY FLOOD WARNING.

&&

CAC045-231801-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FL.A.0004.121223T2247Z-121224T1406Z/
/NVRC1.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
931 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO
  AND REPLACED BY A FLOOD WARNING.

$$

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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.