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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
852 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY.
FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER...INCLUDING HOPLAND...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/EKA.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 900 PM PST.
CAC045-220500-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0005.251221T2223Z-251222T1000Z/
/HOPC1.1.ER.251221T2223Z.251222T0400Z.251226T0833Z.NO/
852 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 175 IS EXPECTED AT THE
APPROACHES TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER BRIDGE. EXPECT FLOODING OF CROPLAND
ON THE RIGHT BANK OF RIVER. AT 17.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF
HIGHWAY 175 AT THE APPROACHES TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER BRIDGE. MINOR
FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 222 NEAR UKIAH, AND IN CROP LAND ALONG THE LEFT
AND RIGHT BANKS OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON
TO 16.4 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6.1 FEET EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. IT
WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AGAIN LATE TUESDAY EVENING TO 15.7
FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 12.6 FEET WEDNESDAY EVENING. IT
WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO 16.2
FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
AGAIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.3
FEET ON 01/20/2010.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (9 AM PST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
RUSSIAN RIVER
HOPLAND 15.0 11.4 SUN 8 AM 9.4 8.3 15.0
LAT...LON 3896 12314 3904 12320 3913 12324 3917 12315
3909 12313 3894 12304
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