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WGUS46 KEKA 250346
FLWEKA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
746 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY.
FOR THE NAVARRO RIVER...INCLUDING NAVARRO...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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 700 AM PST.
CAC045-251500-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FL.W.0005.260225T0400Z-260225T1500Z/
/NVRC1.1.ER.260225T0506Z.260225T0900Z.260225T1238Z.NO/
746 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...STARTING AT 23.0 FEET, FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 128
APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 IS CERTAIN AND THE ROAD
WILL BE CLOSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE ALTERNATE ROUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 PM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 26.5 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 26.7
FEET ON 03/24/2011.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3921 12354 3914 12366 3917 12375 3925 12376
JLW
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