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FLSEKA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
224 PM PST MON DEC 22 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...
EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
FOR THE EEL RIVER...INCLUDING FERNBRIDGE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 600 PM PST.
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/O.CON.KEKA.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-251223T0200Z/
/FRNC1.1.ER.251222T0252Z.251222T1300Z.251223T0020Z.NO/
224 PM PST MON DEC 22 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:15 PM PST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 1:15 PM PST MONDAY WAS 23.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11.0 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN RISE TO
18.2 FEET WEDNESDAY EVENING. IT WILL FALL TO 15.0 FEET EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THEN RISE AGAIN.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 21.8
FEET ON 01/14/1995.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 PM PST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU
EEL RIVER
FERNBRIDG 20.0 21.6 MON 1 PM 11.2 17.5 15.3
LAT...LON 4052 12418 4058 12435 4069 12427 4063 12421
4058 12412
JB
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