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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
902 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
FOR THE EEL RIVER...INCLUDING FERNBRIDGE, SCOTIA, BRIDGEVILLE, FORT
SEWARD, MIRANDA...MODERATE 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 915 PM PST.
CAC023-220515-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0006.251222T0500Z-251223T0600Z/
/FRNC1.2.ER.251222T0524Z.251222T1400Z.251222T2144Z.NO/
902 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF CANNIBAL ISLAND ROAD, CAMP WEOTT ROAD, THE SALT AND OLD
RIVERS, AND ALL ADJACENT LOW-LYING AREAS. FLOODING IN THESE AREAS
IS EXAGGERATED WHEN CREST TIMING IS COINCIDENT WITH HIGH TIDES AND
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS, AND FOR LONGER DURATION EVENTS. A SPECIAL
ACTION ADVISORY IS BEING ISSUED TO ALL OWNERS OF LIVESTOCK IN
LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE EEL DELTA. OWNERS OF LIVESTOCK SHOULD
CONSIDER TAKING APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIVESTOCK. AT 22.0
FEET, THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EEL DELTA MAY BE COMPLETELY FLOODED,
ESPECIALLY IF AT OR ABOVE THIS LEVEL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
TIME. THIS INCLUDES AREAS NORTHWEST OF LOLETA AND CANNIBAL ISLAND
ROAD. A SPECIAL ACTION ADVISORY IS BEING ISSUED TO ALL OWNERS OF
LIVESTOCK IN LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE EEL RIVER DELTA. OWNERS OF
LIVESTOCK SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR ANIMALS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 22.6 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 22.6
FEET ON 12/27/1945.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (9 AM PST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
EEL RIVER
FERNBRIDG 20.0 8.6 SUN 8 AM 22.2 11.7 14.6
LAT...LON 4052 12418 4058 12435 4069 12427 4063 12421
4058 12412
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