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WGUS86 KEKA 251548
FLSEKA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
748 AM PST WED FEB 25 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...
EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
FOR THE EEL RIVER...INCLUDING FERNBRIDGE, SCOTIA, BRIDGEVILLE, FORT
SEWARD, MIRANDA...MODERATE 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.
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 800 PM PST.
CAC023-260400-
/O.EXT.KEKA.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260226T0600Z/
/FRNC1.2.ER.260225T0549Z.260225T1600Z.260226T0046Z.NO/
748 AM PST WED FEB 25 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 211 TO FERNDALE
SOUTH OF FERNBRIDGE. MUCH OF THE EEL DELTA MAY BE FLOODED,
INCLUDING AREAS NORTHWEST OF LOLETA AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF
CANNIBAL ISLAND ROAD. FLOODING WILL BE ENHANCED FOR LONGER DURATION
EVENTS. A SPECIAL ACTION ADVISORY IS BEING ISSUED TO ALL OWNERS OF
LIVESTOCK IN ALL LOW-LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE EEL RIVER.
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVESTOCK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 AM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:15 AM PST WEDNESDAY WAS 23.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 7.9 FEET SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 23.2
FEET ON 01/22/1951.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES PST FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
EEL RIVER
FERNBRIDGE 20.0 23.1 WED 7 AM 13.2 9.0 7.9
LAT...LON 4052 12418 4058 12435 4069 12427 4063 12421
4058 12412
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