Alert archive / California / River Flood Warnings in 2012
River Flood Warning 2, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this river flood warning at Nov 30, 2012, 10:32 PM PST for Sonoma County, California. It took effect at Dec 3, 2012, 7:30 AM PST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2012, 10:32 PM PST (06:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2012, 7:30 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2012, 12:48 AM PST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Sonoma County, CA
The radar
The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Russian River at Guerneville (GUEC1). The gauge peaked at 27.96 ft at Dec 3, 2012, 6:00 AM PST.
- Action stage
- 29 ft
- Minor stage
- 32 ft
- Moderate stage
- 35 ft
- Major stage
- 40 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11467002, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
523 WGUS46 KMTR 010632 FLWMTR BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA 1032 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA... RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNVILLE AFFECTING SONOMA COUNTY NAPA RIVER NEAR ST. HELENA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY .ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST TO OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN AND A FORECAST OF AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO SIX INCHES OF NEW RAINFALL BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE NAPA RIVER AT ST HELENA TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THE RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE IS FORECAST TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING. CAC055-011832- /O.NEW.KMTR.FL.W.0001.121202T2030Z-121203T1304Z/ /SHEC1.1.ER.121202T2030Z.121202T2300Z.121203T0104Z.NR/ 1032 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA * UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY DEC 2 2012 * AT 8:30 PM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE AT ST HELENA WAS 6.2 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 16.0 FT AROUND NOON SUNDAY * THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 17.0 FT EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 3.5 FT BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING * FLOOD STAGE AT ST HELENA IS 16.0 FT * AT 16.0 FT MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH INCLUDING THE LOWEST AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. MANY RURAL AREAS INCLUDING SOME PRIMARY ROADS AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. * AT 18.0 FEET MODERATE FLOODING ACROSS LOWER AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. WIDESPREAD CROP LOSSES AND EROSION OF LAND. MANY PRIMARY AND MOST SECONDARY ROADS WILL FLOOD, MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. $$ CAC097-011832- /O.NEW.KMTR.FL.W.0002.121203T1420Z-121204T1030Z/ /GUEC1.1.ER.121203T1420Z.121203T1800Z.121203T2230Z.NO/ 1032 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR GUERNEVILLE * UNTIL 6 PM MONDAY DEC 3 2012 * AT 9 PM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE WAS 23.8 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 32.0 FT FRIDAY MORNING * THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 33.0 FT LATE MONDAY MORNING * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE OF 29.0 FT LATE MONDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 17.0 FT LATE TUESDAY EVENING * FLOOD STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE IS 32.0 FT * AT 32.0 FEET MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR. LOWER MILL STREET IN GUERNEVILLE AND OLD BOHEMIAN HIGHWAY IN MONTE RIO ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. * AT 32.5 FT IN GUERNEVILLE THE INTERSECTON OF HWY 116 AND NEELEY RD IS CLOSED. MAYS CANYON RD BY THE OLD RODEO GROUNDS IS CLOSED * AT 33.0 FT IN GUERNEVILLE THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 116 AND DRAKE RD IS CLOSED. IN MONTE RIO WILLOW AND ALDER STREETS FLOOD. IN FORESTVILLE MARABEL TRAILER PARK BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIVER FLOODING CAN CAUSE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS LIKE BANK COLLAPSE AND SHIFTING CHANNELS. AVOID AREAS ADJACENT TO A FLOODING RIVER SINCE THE EARTH UNDERNEATH MAY BE ERODED. DO NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY NEAR FLOODWATERS...ESPECIALLY AROUND CULVERTS AND STORM DRAINS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3 AM PST DEC 01 2012 OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT &&
5 follow-up statements
231 WGUS46 KMTR 011735 FLWMTR BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA 935 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA... RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNVILLE AFFECTING SONOMA COUNTY .MODEL GUIDANCE HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF THE FORECAST FLOOD ARE SHOWN BELOW. AT GUERNEVILLE, STAGE IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY MIDDAY STAGE IS EXPECTED TO REACH A MAXIMUM AT AROUND 35 FEET. BECAUSE SOILS ARE WELL SATURATED... ADDITIONAL SLOPE FAILURES...MUDSLIDES...AND TREE FALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AND MONDAY...POTENTIALLY AFFECTING MOBILITY IN AREAS AFFECTED BY FLOODING. CAC097-020535- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0002.121203T1040Z-121204T1710Z/ /GUEC1.2.ER.121203T1040Z.121203T1900Z.121204T0510Z.NO/ 935 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 STAGE-USGS-FCST PT AT RUSSIAN RIVER @ GUERNEVILLE 12/01 08:00 STAGE 23.5 FT FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 29.0 FT LATE TOMORROW EVENING THEN EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 32.0 FT EARLY MONDAY MORNING THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 35.0 FT NEAR MONDAY NOON THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 32.0 FT LATE MONDAY EVENING THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE OF 29.0 FT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 17.0 FT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN FORECAST TO FLUCTUATE NEAR 17.5 FT THRU EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MONITOR STAGE 29.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE 32.0 FT * AT 36.0 FEET...IN FORESTVILLE MARABEL PARK RESORT AND MARABEL TRAILER PARK FLOOD. IN GUERNEVILLE FERN ROAD AT HWY 116 FLOODS. * AT 35.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG THE LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER. NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES IN THE LOWEST SECTIONS OF TOWNS WITHIN THE REACH ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. IN GUERNEVILLE BROOKSIDE RESORT BEGINS TO FLOOD. MORE EXTENSIVE FLOODING OCCURS AT PARKERS RESORT. IN NORTHWOOD LOWER REDWOOD DRIVE FLOODS. * AT 34.0 FEET...IN GUERNEVILLE FLOODING BEGINS AT JOHNSONS RESORT, PARKERS RESORT, CREEKSIDE RESORT AND RIVERSIDE PARK. IN NORTHWOOD LOWER REDWOOD DRIVE BEGINS TO FLOOD. * AT 33.0 FEET...IN GUERNEVILLE THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 116 AND DRAKE RD IS CLOSED. IN MONTE RIO WILLOW AND ALDER STREETS FLOOD. IN FORESTVILLE MARABEL TRAILER PARK BEGINS TO FLOOD. * AT 32.5 FEET...IN GUERNEVILLE THE INTERSECTON OF HWY 116 AND NEELEY RD IS CLOSED. MAYS CANYON RD BY THE OLD RODEO GROUNDS IS CLOSED. * AT 32.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING. LOWER MILL STREET IN GUERNEVILLE AND OLD BOHEMIAN HIGHWAY IN MONTE RIO ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. * AT 29.0 FEET...MONITOR STAGE. $$ PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIVER FLOODING CAN CAUSE BANK COLLAPSE IN SATURATED AREAS...AT OVERSTEEPENED BANKS...AND AT STEEP CUT BANKS AROUND RIVER BENDS. RISES IN STAGE CAN BE LOCALLY ABOVE THOSE PROJECTED FOR THE AREA WHERE THE CHANNEL IS OR BECOMES CONSTRICTED...OR WHERE THE RIVER TAKES SHARP TURNS AROUND BENDS. WATER LEVELS WILL BE HIGHER AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF BENDS. BE CAUTIOUS AROUND CLOGGED CULVERTS AND DRAINS...AND KEEP CLEAR OF FLOODED ROADWAYS. AVOID AREAS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER AS THE RIVER CAN RISE QUITE RAPIDLY AND MAY CONTAIN LARGE PIECES OF WOOD OR OTHER DEBRIS...EVEN NEAR CHANNEL BANKS AND THE RIVER'S PERIPHERY. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3 PM PST DEC 01 2012 OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. &&
954 WGUS86 KMTR 020000 FLSMTR FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA 400 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA... RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE AFFECTING SONOMA COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA... NAPA RIVER NEAR ST. HELENA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY .RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NAPA AND RUSSIAN RIVER BASINS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. RAIN RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST ACROSS THE RUSSION AND NAPA RIVER BASIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. BECAUSE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURDATED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN FLOODING ON THE NAPA RIVER BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AND ON THE LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. FLOODING ON THE LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER IS NOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. CAC055-030000- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0001.121202T2005Z-121203T1333Z/ /SHEC1.1.ER.121202T2005Z.121202T2300Z.121203T0133Z.NR/ 400 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA * UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING * AT 1:30 PM PST SATURDAY THE STAGE AT ST HELENA WAS 4.6 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 16.0 FT AROUND NOON ON SUNDAY * THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 18.0 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 3 FT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING * FLOOD STAGE AT ST HELENA IS 16.0 FT * AT 16.0 FT MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH INCLUDING THE LOWEST AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. MANY RURAL AREAS INCLUDING SOME PRIMARY ROADS AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. * AT 18.0 FEET MODERATE FLOODING ACROSS LOWER AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. WIDESPREAD CROP LOSSES AND EROSION OF LAND. MANY PRIMARY AND MOST SECONDARY ROADS WILL FLOOD, MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. $$ CAC055-030000- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0003.121202T2051Z-121203T1542Z/ /APCC1.2.ER.121202T2051Z.121203T0000Z.121203T0342Z.NO/ 400 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA * UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING * AT 2:00 PM PST SATURDAY THE STAGE NEAR NAPA WAS 12.1 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 22.0 FT JUST PRIOR TO NOON ON SUNDAY * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 25.0 FT SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON SUNDAY * THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 27 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE BELOW 9 FT BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON * FLOOD STAGE NEAR NAPA IS 25.0 FT * AT 25.0 FEET THE LOWER AREAS OF YOUNTVILLE AND NAPA NEAR THE NAPA RIVER WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. SOME SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. * AT 26.0 FEET MODERATE FLOODING WILL CAUSE CROP LOSSES AND EROSION TO AGRICULTURAL AREAS ALONG THE NAPA RIVER. SOME PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MODERATE FLOODING MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. $$ CAC097-030000- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0002.121203T1030Z-121204T1610Z/ /GUEC1.2.ER.121203T1030Z.121203T1900Z.121204T0410Z.NO/ 400 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR GUERNEVILLE * UNTIL LATE MONDAY EVENING * AT 2:00 PM PST SATURDAY THE STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE WAS 21.9 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 29.0 FT LATE SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 32.0 FT EARLY MONDAY MORNING * THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 35.0 FEET JUST PRIOR TO NOON ON MONDAY * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 15.5 FT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * FLOOD STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE IS 32.0 FT * AT 36.0 FEET...IN FORESTVILLE MARABEL PARK RESORT AND MARABEL TRAILER PARK FLOOD. IN GUERNEVILLE FERN ROAD AT HWY 116 FLOODS. * AT 35.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG THE LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER. NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES IN THE LOWEST SECTIONS OF TOWNS WITHIN THE REACH ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. IN GUERNEVILLE BROOKSIDE RESORT BEGINS TO FLOOD. MORE EXTENSIVE FLOODING OCCURS AT PARKERS RESORT. IN NORTHWOOD LOWER REDWOOD DRIVE FLOODS. * AT 34.0 FEET...IN GUERNEVILLE FLOODING BEGINS AT JOHNSONS RESORT, PARKERS RESORT, CREEKSIDE RESORT AND RIVERSIDE PARK. IN NORTHWOOD LOWER REDWOOD DRIVE BEGINS TO FLOOD. * AT 33.0 FEET...IN GUERNEVILLE THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 116 AND DRAKE RD IS CLOSED. IN MONTE RIO WILLOW AND ALDER STREETS FLOOD. IN FORESTVILLE MARABEL TRAILER PARK BEGINS TO FLOOD. * AT 32.5 FEET...IN GUERNEVILLE THE INTERSECTON OF HWY 116 AND NEELEY RD IS CLOSED. MAYS CANYON RD BY THE OLD RODEO GROUNDS IS CLOSED. * AT 32.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING. LOWER MILL STREET IN GUERNEVILLE AND OLD BOHEMIAN HIGHWAY IN MONTE RIO ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. $$ PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY RIVER CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES AND FOR POSSIBLE FORECAST REVISIONS. $$ THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9 PM PST SATURDAY DEC 01 OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. &&
180 WGUS86 KMTR 020613 FLSMTR FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA 1013 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA... RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE AFFECTING SONOMA COUNTY NAPA RIVER NEAR ST. HELENA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY .RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NAPA AND RUSSIAN RIVER BASINS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. RAIN RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST ACROSS THE RUSSION AND NAPA RIVER BASINS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. BECAUSE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THE NAPA RIVER SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING THE LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER TO FLOOD STAGE ON MONDAY MORNING. CAC055-030613- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0001.121202T2049Z-121203T1300Z/ /SHEC1.1.ER.121202T2049Z.121202T2300Z.121203T0100Z.NR/ 1013 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA * UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING * AT 9:30 PM PST SATURDAY THE STAGE AT ST HELENA WAS 4.2 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 16.0 FT SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON SUNDAY. * THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 17.0 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 3 FT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING * FLOOD STAGE AT ST HELENA IS 16.0 FT * AT 16.0 FT MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH INCLUDING THE LOWEST AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. MANY RURAL AREAS INCLUDING SOME PRIMARY ROADS AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. * AT 18.0 FEET MODERATE FLOODING ACROSS LOWER AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. WIDESPREAD CROP LOSSES AND EROSION OF LAND. MANY PRIMARY AND MOST SECONDARY ROADS WILL FLOOD, MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. $$ CAC055-030613- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0003.121202T2330Z-121203T1320Z/ /APCC1.1.ER.121202T2330Z.121203T0000Z.121203T0120Z.NO/ 1013 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA * UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING * AT 9:00 PM PST SATURDAY THE STAGE NEAR NAPA WAS 11.2 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 22.0 FT NEAR NOON ON SUNDAY * THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 25.0 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON * FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 25 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE BELOW 9 FT BY TUESDAY MORNING * FLOOD STAGE NEAR NAPA IS 25.0 FT * AT 25.0 FEET THE LOWER AREAS OF YOUNTVILLE AND NAPA NEAR THE NAPA RIVER WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. SOME SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. $$ CAC097-030613- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0002.121203T1500Z-121204T0700Z/ /GUEC1.1.ER.121203T1500Z.121203T1700Z.121203T1900Z.NO/ 1013 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR GUERNEVILLE * UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON * AT 9:00 PM PST SATURDAY THE STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE WAS 19.8 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 29.0 FT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 32.0 ON MONDAY MORNING * THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 32.0 FEET ON MONDAY MORNING * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE NEAR NOON MONDAY * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 15.5 FT BY TUESDAY EVENING * FLOOD STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE IS 32.0 FT * AT 32.5 FEET...IN GUERNEVILLE THE INTERSECTON OF HWY 116 AND NEELEY RD IS CLOSED. MAYS CANYON RD BY THE OLD RODEO GROUNDS IS CLOSED. * AT 32.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING. LOWER MILL STREET IN GUERNEVILLE AND OLD BOHEMIAN HIGHWAY IN MONTE RIO ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY RIVER CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES AND FOR POSSIBLE FORECAST REVISIONS. $$ THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY (...ENTER DATE AND TIME...) OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. &&
350 WGUS86 KMTR 021248 FLSMTR FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA 448 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA... RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE AFFECTING SONOMA COUNTY NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY .RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NAPA AND RUSSIAN RIVER BASINS THIS MORNING. RAIN RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BECAUSE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THE NAPA RIVER SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING THE LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER TO FLOOD STAGE ON MONDAY MORNING. CAC055-031248- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0001.121202T2215Z-121203T1337Z/ /SHEC1.1.ER.121202T2215Z.121203T0000Z.121203T0137Z.NR/ 448 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA * UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING * AT 2:00 AM PST SUNDAYDAY THE STAGE AT ST HELENA WAS 5.1 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 16.0 FT BY 3:00 PM PST SUNDAY. * THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 16.8 FT LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 3 FT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING * FLOOD STAGE AT ST HELENA IS 16.0 FT * AT 16.0 FT MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH INCLUDING THE LOWEST AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. MANY RURAL AREAS INCLUDING SOME PRIMARY ROADS AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. * AT 18.0 FEET MODERATE FLOODING ACROSS LOWER AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. WIDESPREAD CROP LOSSES AND EROSION OF LAND. MANY PRIMARY AND MOST SECONDARY ROADS WILL FLOOD, MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. $$ CAC055-031248- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0003.121203T0030Z-121203T1420Z/ /APCC1.1.ER.121203T0030Z.121203T0100Z.121203T0220Z.NO/ 448 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA * UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING * AT 2:00 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE NEAR NAPA WAS 11.5 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 22.0 FT BY 2:00 PM PST ON SUNDAY * THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 25.0 FT LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON * FORECAST TO CREST AT 25.1 FT LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE BELOW 9 FT BY TUESDAY MORNING * FLOOD STAGE NEAR NAPA IS 25.0 FT * AT 25.0 FEET THE LOWER AREAS OF YOUNTVILLE AND NAPA NEAR THE NAPA RIVER WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. SOME SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. $$ CAC097-031248- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0002.121203T1530Z-121204T0848Z/ /GUEC1.1.ER.121203T1530Z.121203T1800Z.121203T2048Z.NO/ 448 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR GUERNVILLE * UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON * AT 2:00 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE WAS 18.8 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 29.0 FT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 32.0 ON MONDAY MORNING * THEN FORECAST TO CREST AT 32.6 FEET ON MONDAY MORNING * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE NEAR NOON MONDAY * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 15.5 FT BY TUESDAY EVENING * FLOOD STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE IS 32.0 FT * AT 32.5 FEET...IN GUERNEVILLE THE INTERSECTON OF HWY 116 AND NEELEY RD IS CLOSED. MAYS CANYON RD BY THE OLD RODEO GROUNDS IS CLOSED. * AT 32.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING. LOWER MILL STREET IN GUERNEVILLE AND OLD BOHEMIAN HIGHWAY IN MONTE RIO ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. $$ PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY RIVER CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES AND FOR POSSIBLE FORECAST REVISIONS. $$ THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10:00 AM PST SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. &&
270 WGUS86 KMTR 021348 CCA FLSMTR FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA 448 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA... RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE AFFECTING SONOMA COUNTY NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY .RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NAPA AND RUSSIAN RIVER BASINS THIS MORNING. RAIN RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BECAUSE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THE NAPA RIVER SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING THE LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER TO FLOOD STAGE ON MONDAY MORNING. CAC055-031345-...CORRECTED /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0001.121202T2215Z-121203T1337Z/ /SHEC1.1.ER.121202T2215Z.121203T0000Z.121203T0137Z.NR/ 546 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA * UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING * AT 2:00 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE AT ST HELENA WAS 5.1 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 16.0 FT BY 3:00 PM PST SUNDAY. * THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 16.8 FT LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 3 FT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING * FLOOD STAGE AT ST HELENA IS 16.0 FT * AT 16.0 FT MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH INCLUDING THE LOWEST AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. MANY RURAL AREAS INCLUDING SOME PRIMARY ROADS AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. * AT 18.0 FEET MODERATE FLOODING ACROSS LOWER AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. WIDESPREAD CROP LOSSES AND EROSION OF LAND. MANY PRIMARY AND MOST SECONDARY ROADS WILL FLOOD, MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. $$ CAC055-031400- /O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0003.121203T0030Z-121203T1420Z/ /APCC1.1.ER.121203T0030Z.121203T0100Z.121203T0220Z.NO/ 546 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA * UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING * AT 2:00 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE NEAR NAPA WAS 11.5 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 22.0 FT BY 2:00 PM PST ON SUNDAY * THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 25.0 FT LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON * FORECAST TO CREST AT 25.1 FT LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE BELOW 9 FT BY TUESDAY MORNING * FLOOD STAGE NEAR NAPA IS 25.0 FT * AT 25.0 FEET THE LOWER AREAS OF YOUNTVILLE AND NAPA NEAR THE NAPA RIVER WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. SOME SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. $$ CAC097-031400- /O.COR.KMTR.FL.W.0002.121203T1530Z-121204T0848Z/ /GUEC1.1.ER.121203T1530Z.121203T1800Z.121203T2048Z.NO/ 546 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR GUERNVILLE * UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON * AT 2:00 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE WAS 18.8 FT * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 29.0 FT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 32.0 FT ON MONDAY MORNING * THEN FORECAST TO CREST AT 32.6 FT ON MONDAY MORNING * THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE NEAR NOON MONDAY * THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 15.5 FT BY TUESDAY EVENING * FLOOD STAGE AT GUERNEVILLE IS 32.0 FT * AT 32.5 FEET...IN GUERNEVILLE THE INTERSECTON OF HWY 116 AND NEELEY RD IS CLOSED. MAYS CANYON RD BY THE OLD RODEO GROUNDS IS CLOSED. * AT 32.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING. LOWER MILL STREET IN GUERNEVILLE AND OLD BOHEMIAN HIGHWAY IN MONTE RIO ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. $$ PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY RIVER CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES AND FOR POSSIBLE FORECAST REVISIONS. $$ THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10:00 AM PST SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. &&
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 4:57 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MTR | 30 hr | |
| Nov 30, 10:32 PM PST | River Flood Warning | MTR | Napa | 41 hr |
| Nov 30, 11:00 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MTR | Napa | 8 hr |
| Dec 1, 5:15 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MTR | Napa | 34 hr |
| Dec 1, 10:23 AM PST | Wind Advisory | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo and 3 more | 26 hr |
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Sources
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.