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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
409 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED
A HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT IN COOPERATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF WATER RESOURCES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...

  SMITH RIVER NEAR CRESCENT CITY AFFECTING DEL NORTE COUNTY

  SMITH RIVER NEAR DR FINE BRIDGE AFFECTING DEL NORTE COUNTY

  KLAMATH RIVER NEAR KLAMATH AFFECTING DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT
  COUNTIES

  MAD RIVER NEAR ARCATA AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

  EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

  EEL RIVER NEAR SCOTIA AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

  VAN DUZEN RIVER NEAR BRIDGEVILLE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

  SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER NEAR MIRANDA AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

THE NEXT ROUND OF MODERATE RAIN WILL BEGIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES AND LOCALLY
UP TO 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MORE FAVORABLE UPSLOPE AREAS.

SAFETY MESSAGE...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT
TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT MOST VEHICLES. FOR AREA ROAD CONDITIONS...
CALL CALTRANS AT 1-800-427-7623.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED 30 NOVEMBER 1000 PM OR AS
WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

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409 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* THE EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE.
* AT 200 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...14.7 FEET
* MONITOR STAGE IS 14 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET.
* THIS RIVER WILL CREST AT 15.5 FT EARLY THIS EVENING.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE EARLY
  SATURDAY MORNING AND RECEDE TO NEAR 11 FT LATE SATURDAY EVENING.
  IT IS THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF WESTERN PORTIONS OF CANNIBAL
  ISLAND ROAD...CAMP WEOTT ROAD...AND ADJACENT AREAS.

$$

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409 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE EEL RIVER NEAR SCOTIA
* AT 200 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...30.6 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 45 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 51 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 22.5 FT SATURDAY EVENING
  THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 44 FT LATE SUNDAY EVENING. IT IS
  FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 31 FT MONDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

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409 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* THE VAN DUZEN RIVER NEAR BRIDGEVILLE TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE.
* AT 200 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...8 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 13 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 6 FT ON NOON SATURDAY.
  IT IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE EARLY SUNDAY
  MORNING AND CREST NEAR 16 FT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
  IT IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 17 FEET...FLOODING WILL BEGIN IN LOWER PORTIONS OF
  GRIZZLY CREEK STATE PARK AND ALONG RIVER BAR ROAD.

$$

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409 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* THE SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER NEAR MIRANDA TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE.
* AT 200 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...15.9 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 27 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 33 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE NEAR NOON
  SUNDAY. THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 28 FT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
  IT IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 27 FEET...THERE ARE NO IMPACTS.

$$

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409 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE SMITH RIVER NEAR CRESCENT CITY.
* AT 200 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...18.5 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 25 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 29 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST RECEDE TO NEAR 16 FT LATE THIS EVENING.
  IT IS FORECAST TO FLUCTUATE NEAR 16 FT THRU SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
  THEN FORECAST TO RISE TO 24.7 FT ON SUNDAY MORNING.

$$

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409 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE SMITH RIVER NEAR DR FINE BRIDGE.
* AT 200 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...24.3 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 27 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 33 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 22 FT THEN RISE TO
  NEAR 23 FT AROUND NOON ON SATURDAY. IT WILL RECEDE TO
  NEAR 22.0 FT SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE RISING ABOVE MONITOR STAGE
  ON SUNDAY MORNING AROUND 28.7 FT.

$$

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409 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* THE KLAMATH RIVER NEAR KLAMATH TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE.
* AT 200 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...19.9 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 30 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 38 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 30 FT
  SUNDAY NOON. THEN CREST NEAR 31.0 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

$$

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409 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE MAD RIVER NEAR ARCATA.
* AT 200 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...12 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 15 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 22 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 14 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST
  TO RECEDE TO NEAR 11 FT MONDAY AFTERNOON.

$$