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WGUS86 KEKA 190254
FLSEKA
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
654 PM PST SUN FEB 18 2024
CAC045-190900-
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MENDOCINO CA-
654 PM PST SUN FEB 18 2024
..FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, MENDOCINO.
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 AM PST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED
RISK OF ROCK AND LAND SLIDES ALONG ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 654 PM PST, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. MINOR
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
THREE HOURS, WITH 0.5 INCH PER HOUR RATES IN PLACES.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH IS EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA FROM INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT, AND
THIS WILL EXACERBATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FORT BRAGG, POINT ARENA, ALBION, PHILO, BOONVILLE, GUALALA,
ROCKPORT, COMPTCHE, NAVARRO, MANCHESTER AND YORKVILLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3986 12377 3964 12369 3960 12354 3957 12359
3942 12342 3934 12349 3924 12336 3923 12336
3924 12342 3914 12336 3910 12343 3912 12338
3884 12310 3876 12352 3892 12373 3905 12369
3935 12383 3968 12379 4000 12402 4000 12390
JJW
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