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WGUS86 KEKA 250004
FLSEKA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
404 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...
RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY.
FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER...INCLUDING HOPLAND...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.
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.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 400 AM PST.
CAC045-251200-
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404 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 175 AT THE
APPROACHES TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER BRIDGE. MINOR FLOODING OF HIGHWAY
222 NEAR UKIAH, AND IN CROP LAND ALONG THE LEFT AND RIGHT BANKS OF
THE RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 PM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 3:45 PM PST TUESDAY WAS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.6 FEET
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.7
FEET ON 10/24/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES PST FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (4 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI
RUSSIAN RIVER
HOPLAND 15.0 15.0 TUE 3 PM 9.3 5.6 4.5
LAT...LON 3896 12314 3904 12320 3913 12324 3917 12315
3909 12313 3894 12304
JHW
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