Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Watches in 2021
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this flash flood watch at Oct 21, 2021, 8:17 PM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2021, 8:17 PM PDT (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2021, 6:23 AM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
- Flood severity
- None
The text
As transmitted.
806 WGUS66 KEKA 220317 FFAEKA URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Eureka CA 817 PM PDT Thu Oct 21 2021 ...Flash Flood Watch for the River Complex Burn Scar... .Areas of moderate to occasionally heavy rain have been passing over the area this evening. A band of particularly heavy rain is expected to pass by in the vicnity of the River Complex Burn Scar overnight into the pre-dawn hours on Friday. Potential rainfall rates exceeding a half inch per hour, and possibly up to around 0.8 inches per hour are anticipated. This will enhance the potential for debris flow in some of the drainages around the burn scar, particularly near Coffee Creek. CAZ107-221500- /O.NEW.KEKA.FF.A.0001.211022T0317Z-211022T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Northern Trinity- 817 PM PDT Thu Oct 21 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for a portion of northwest California, including the following area, Northern Trinity. * Until 8 AM PDT Friday * Periods of heavy rainfall are forecasted over the River Complex Burn Scar which may lead to flash flooding and debris flows, particularly in the vicinity of the Coffee Creek drainage. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
1 follow-up statement
415 WGUS66 KEKA 221323 FFAEKA Flood Watch National Weather Service Eureka CA 623 AM PDT Fri Oct 22 2021 CAZ107-221430- /O.CAN.KEKA.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-211022T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Northern Trinity- 623 AM PDT Fri Oct 22 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for northern Trinity County has been cancelled. The Flood Watch is cancelled. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. However, heavy rains are forecast to return on Sunday. $$ SEC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 9:01 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 50 hr | |
| Oct 22, 2:58 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Oct 22, 2:58 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Oct 22, 3:02 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 47 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:30 PM PDT | Flood Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Trinity | 53 hr |
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