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WGUS46 KEKA 241554
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
754 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
CAC023-241900-
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HUMBOLDT CA-
754 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING
* WHAT...URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...WEST CENTRAL HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 AM PST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 752 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EUREKA, HUMBOLDT HILL, PINE HILLS, BAYVIEW, CUTTEN, MYRTLETOWN,
ELK RIVER RD AND TOMPKINS HILL RD.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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.
LAT...LON 4069 12423 4070 12422 4070 12421 4071 12422
4071 12421 4072 12422 4075 12420 4076 12420
4076 12419 4077 12420 4080 12418 4081 12413
4073 12414 4064 12418 4065 12426 4069 12422
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