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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA  
1250 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025  
   
..PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
EFFECTIVE AT 1800 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER  
14, 2025, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CHANGE THE FLOOD STAGE  
FOR THE STREAM GAGE AT ORICK ON REDWOOD CREEK.  
 
BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE, STARTING ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2025  
FLOOD WARNINGS AND FLOOD STATEMENTS WILL REFERENCE THE NEW  
CATEGORY LEVELS. THIS CHANGE IS A RESULT OF AN EVALUATION OF THE  
JANUARY 2024 HIGH FLOW EVENT ON REDWOOD CREEK, CONDUCTED IN  
COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICIALS.  
 
THE NEW FLOOD CATEGORIES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:  
 
1. NEW MAJOR FLOOD STAGE IS 35 FEET ABOVE GAGE ZERO. THE PREVIOUS  
MAJOR FLOOD STAGE WAS 37 FEET ABOVE GAGE ZERO.  
 
2. NEW MODERATE FLOOD STAGE IS 33 FEET ABOVE GAGE ZERO. THE  
PREVIOUS MODERATE FLOOD STAGE WAS 35 FEET ABOVE GAGE ZERO.  
 
3. MINOR FLOOD STAGE AND ACTION/MONITOR STAGE WILL REMAIN  
UNCHANGED.  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WELCOMES PUBLIC FEEDBACK. IF YOU  
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS CHANGE, PLEASE CONTACT:  
 
KATHLEEN ZONTOS  
SERVICE HYDROLOGIST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE  
300 STARTARE DRIVE, EUREKA, CA 95501  
PHONE: 707-443-6484  
E-MAIL: KATHLEEN.ZONTOS@NOAA.GOV  
 

 
 
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