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WGUS86 KEKA 250400
FLSEKA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
800 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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.
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 800 AM PST.
CAC045-251600-
/O.EXT.KEKA.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260225T1900Z/
/HOPC1.1.ER.260224T2343Z.260225T1000Z.260225T1759Z.NO/
800 PM PST TUE FEB 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* 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. AT 18.0 FEET, FLOODING OF HIGHWAY
222 NEAR UKIAH. SECONDARY ROADS IN LOW-LYING AREAS WILL BE FLOODED
IN THE HOPLAND, UKIAH, AND TALMAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:45 PM PST TUESDAY WAS 17.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 18.6 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 18.6
FEET ON 12/31/2022.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES PST FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI
RUSSIAN RIVER
HOPLAND 15.0 17.4 TUE 7 PM 9.9 6.1 4.9
LAT...LON 3896 12314 3904 12320 3913 12324 3917 12315
3909 12313 3894 12304
JLW
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