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WGUS46 KEKA 250131
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
531 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
CAC023-250315-
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HUMBOLDT CA-
531 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM PST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...WEST CENTRAL HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 715 PM PST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR
ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 531 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.1 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS SUCH AS THE ELK RIVER HAVE
JUST STARTED TO FALL AND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE SUNNY BRAE,
THE ELK RIVER BASIN, HOOKTON SLOUGH, AND URBAN AREAS AROUND
EUREKA.
- 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 4070 12422 4070 12421 4071 12422 4071 12421
4072 12422 4073 12422 4075 12420 4077 12420
4076 12419 4078 12420 4080 12418 4077 12404
4055 12412 4057 12431 4069 12424 4068 12423
JHW
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