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CFWEKA
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1149 AM PST SAT JAN 31 2026
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NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-
1149 AM PST SAT JAN 31 2026
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON PST
SUNDAY...
..COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY
* WHAT...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN LOW
LYING AREAS AROUND HUMBOLDT BAY. UP TO HALF FOOT OF SALTWATER
INUNDATION ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IS POSSIBLE NEAR SHORELINES AND
TIDAL WATERWAYS. NEAR 8.8 FEET MLLW AT THE NORTH SPIT TIDE
GAUGE IS PREDICTED.
* WHERE...NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST COUNTY.
* WHEN...FROM 9 AM TO NOON PST SUNDAY. HIGH TIDE IS AT 10:42 AM
AT THE HUMBOLDT BAY NORTH SPIT TIDE GAUGE. SALTWATER INUNDATION
WILL BE POSSIBLE 1 TO 2 HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER HIGH TIDE.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AROUND HUMBOLDT BAY
INCLUDING PARKS AND ROADS WITH ONLY ISOLATED CLOSURES
EXPECTED. FLOODING WILL LIKELY IMPACT JACKSON RANCH ROAD IN
THE ARCATA BOTTOMS AND SEVERAL ROADS IN KING SALMON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
FEET ABOVE GROUND IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS FEET ABOVE THE HIGHEST
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE OR HAT.
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