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Flood Watch 8, NWS Eureka, CA

December 18, 2025Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this flood watch at Dec 18, 2025, 11:18 AM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Dec 19, 2025, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 2025, 11:18 AM PST (19:18 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 19, 2025, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 19, 2025, 1:00 PM PST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Flood severity
None

Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Dec 17, 10:57 PM PST, 12 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 10:57 PM PST, 12 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 3:12 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA48 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in California, 2025Every flood watch in 2025

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.