River Flood Watch 3, NWS Eureka, CA

Issued

Feb 23, 2026, 3:04 PM PST (23:04 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 24, 2026, 2:00 PM PST

Expired

Feb 24, 2026, 8:10 AM PST

In force

Issued by

NWS Eureka, CA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Mendocino County, CA

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

Written for the forecast point Russian River near Hopland (HOPC1). The gauge peaked at 19.08 ft at Feb 25, 2026, 5:00 AM PST.

Minor stage

15 ft

Moderate stage

23 ft

Major stage

26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11462500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Feb 23, 2:55 PM PST, 9 minutes earlier.

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River Flood Watches in California, 2026Every river flood watch in 2026

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.