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WGUS46 KEKA 211705
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
905 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
MAD RIVER NEAR ARCATA AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
FOR THE MAD RIVER...INCLUDING ARCATA...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.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/EKA.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 800 PM PST.
CAC023-220400-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0007.251221T2200Z-251222T0400Z/
/ARCC1.1.ER.251221T2242Z.251222T0000Z.251222T0204Z.NO/
905 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THIS EVENING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MAD RIVER NEAR ARCATA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF PORTIONS OF MAD
RIVER BEACH ROAD. WATER MAY FLOW ACROSS ROADS TO TYEE CITY. FLOOD
IMPACTS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY HIGH TIDES AND STRONG, ONSHORE WINDS.
AT 23.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF PORTIONS OF MAD RIVER BEACH
ROAD AND ADJACENT FARMLANDS IS LIKELY. MAY CAUSE WATER TO FLOW
ACROSS ROADS TO TYEE CITY. HIGH TIDES AND STRONG, ONSHORE WINDS
WILL AGGRAVATE FLOOD IMPACTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON
TO 22.7 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE THIS EVENING TO 14.1 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL
RISE TO 14.8 FEET TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL TO 13.3
FEET EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN RISE AGAIN BUT REMAIN
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 22.7
FEET ON 12/02/2012.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (9 AM PST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
MAD RIVER
ARCATA 22.0 14.8 SUN 8 AM 14.4 13.4 16.3
LAT...LON 4086 12407 4088 12415 4095 12413 4096 12405
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