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FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
849 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
FOR THE EEL RIVER...INCLUDING FERNBRIDGE, SCOTIA, BRIDGEVILLE, FORT
SEWARD, 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.
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.
THIS WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW ITS FLOOD
STAGE.
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 900 PM PST.
CAC023-250500-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0004.260225T0500Z-260225T1400Z/
/FRNC1.1.ER.260225T0544Z.260225T0900Z.260225T1315Z.NO/
849 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* 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 8:15 AM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 20.6 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.6
FEET ON 02/16/1982.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES PST FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (9 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI
EEL RIVER
FERNBRIDGE 20.0 6.7 TUE 8 AM 18.8 10.7 6.9
LAT...LON 4052 12418 4058 12435 4069 12427 4063 12421
4058 12412
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