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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Eureka, CA

July 1, 2025Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2025, 8:42 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2025, 8:42 PM PDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2025, 11:45 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2025-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 927 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2025-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

106 
WGUS56 KEKA 020342
FFWEKA
CAC105-020645-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FF.W.0003.250702T0342Z-250702T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Eureka CA
842 PM PDT Tue Jul 1 2025

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Trinity County in northwestern California...

* Until 1145 PM PDT.

* At 842 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated training thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Mainly rural areas of Northeastern Trinity County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 12251 4112 12252 4112 12261 4124 12263
      4133 12262 4133 12259 4134 12258 4135 12259
      4136 12259 4137 12257 4135 12254 4134 12254
      4124 12251 4124 12252 4123 12251 4121 12252

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JJW
1 follow-up statement
424 
WGUS76 KEKA 020640
FFSEKA

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1140 PM PDT Tue Jul 1 2025

CAC105-020650-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250702T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Trinity CA-
1140 PM PDT Tue Jul 1 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR 
NORTHEASTERN TRINITY COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 12251 4112 12252 4112 12261 4124 12263
      4133 12262 4133 12259 4134 12258 4135 12259
      4136 12259 4137 12257 4135 12254 4134 12254
      4124 12251 4124 12252 4123 12251 4121 12252

$$

JJW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 5:01 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity44 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity31 min
Jul 1, 5:37 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningEKATrinity3 hr
Jul 1, 5:44 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity31 min
Jul 1, 5:48 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity27 min
Jul 1, 5:53 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity22 min
Jul 1, 6:10 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity35 min
Jul 1, 6:44 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity31 min
Jul 1, 7:13 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity32 min
Jul 1, 7:21 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningEKATrinity3 hr
Jul 1, 7:43 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity32 min
Jul 1, 7:55 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKASiskiyou35 min
Jul 1, 8:29 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKASiskiyou31 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.