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WGUS46 KEKA 212225
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
225 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER NEAR MIRANDA AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
FOR THE EEL RIVER...INCLUDING MIRANDA...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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES, DIPS,
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A
SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE OVER
HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
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.0008.251221T2300Z-251222T0400Z/
/MRNC1.1.ER.251222T0034Z.251222T0100Z.251222T0201Z.NO/
225 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER NEAR MIRANDA.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 33.0 FEET, FLOODING OF PORTIONS OF THE AVENUE OF THE
GIANTS IS LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF SYLVANDALE, AND THE MYERS FLAT
AND REDWOOD GIANTS TRAILER PARK. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR
WEOTT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 PM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 31.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TO 33.1 FEET
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING TO 13.4 FEET EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO
20.5 FEET LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL AGAIN AND
REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 32.9
FEET ON 01/04/1966.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 PM PST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER
MIRANDA 33.0 31.7 SUN 2 PM 17.8 13.5 19.0
LAT...LON 4017 12383 4025 12389 4035 12401 4038 12388
4027 12380 4016 12374
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