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WGUS46 KEKA 212211
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
211 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
MAD RIVER NEAR ARCATA AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
FOR THE MAD RIVER...INCLUDING ARCATA...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.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 130 AM PST.
CAC023-220930-
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/ARCC1.2.ER.251221T2056Z.251222T0000Z.251222T0322Z.NO/
211 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...MAD RIVER NEAR ARCATA.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...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. AT 24.0 FEET, EXTENSIVE
FLOODING ALONG MAD RIVER BEACH ROAD AND ADJACENT FARMLANDS. SOME
HOMES ALONG THE RIVER COULD BE THREATENED. FLOODING OF ROADS TO
TYEE CITY. HIGH TIDES AND STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL ENHANCE FLOOD
IMPACTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 PM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 2:00 PM PST SUNDAY WAS 23.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 25.0 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING TO 13.9 FEET
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO 14.5 FEET TOMORROW
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL TO 13.1 FEET EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
IT WILL RISE TO 16.1 FEET LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN
FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 24.9
FEET ON 02/08/1960.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 PM PST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
MAD RIVER
ARCATA 22.0 23.9 SUN 2 PM 13.9 13.1 15.7
LAT...LON 4086 12407 4088 12415 4095 12413 4096 12405
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