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River Flood Watch 4, NWS Eureka, CA

February 24, 2019Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this river flood watch at Feb 24, 2019, 1:52 AM PST for Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Feb 26, 2019, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2019, 1:52 AM PST (09:52 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 26, 2019, 1:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 25, 2019, 7:57 PM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Flood severity
None

County Humboldt County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Eel River (CA) at Fernbridge (FRNC1). The gauge peaked at 19.18 ft at Feb 26, 2019, 7:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11479560, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Feb 23, 2:55 PM PST, 10 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 2:55 PM PST, 10 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 3:21 AM PSTWind AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino37 hr
Feb 24, 10:49 AM PSTRiver Flood WatchEKAMendocino33 hr
Feb 24, 3:05 PM PSTRiver Flood WatchEKAMendocino29 hr

Nearby

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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.