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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
614 AM 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 DR FINE BRIDGE AFFECTING DEL NORTE COUNTY

  KLAMATH RIVER NEAR KLAMATH AFFECTING DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT
  COUNTIES

  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


SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE BASIN ON THURSDAY HAS RESULTED
IN RAPIDLY RISING RIVER LEVELS THIS MORNING. WHILE A RELATIVE LULL
OF SHOWERY WEATHER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WILL ALLOW RIVERS TO
RECEDE...A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER PERIOD OF RAPIDLY RISING
RIVER LEVELS WITH HIGHER CRESTS ON SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT.


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 { ...ENTER DATE AND TIME...} OR AS
WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

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614 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* THE EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR
  STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 05AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...8.9 FEET
* MONITOR STAGE IS 14.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET AT MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 12 FEET SATURDAY EVENING.
  ANOTHER CREST NEAR 22 FEET IS THEN EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 20 FEET...EXPECT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF THE WESTERN
  PORTIONS OF CANNIBAL ISLAND ROAD...CAMP WEOTT ROAD...THE SALT AND
  OLD RIVERS AND ALL ADJACENT LOW LYING AREAS. FLOODING IN THESE
  AREAS IS EXAGGERATED WHEN CREST TIMING IS COINCIDENT WITH HIGH
  TIDES AND STRONG ONSHORE WINDS...AND FOR LONGER DURATION EVENTS.

$$

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614 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE EEL RIVER NEAR SCOTIA
* AT 05AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...21.5 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 45.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 51.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 36 FEET AT 6 PM
  THIS EVENING THEN FALL TO NEAR 25 FEET SATURDAY EVENING.
  ANOTHER CREST NEAR 44.6 FEET IS EXPECTED NEAR MIDNIGHT
  SUNDAY NIGHT.

$$

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614 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* THE SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER NEAR MIRANDA TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE
  ON SUNDAY.
* AT 05AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...17.9 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 27.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO 21.8 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THEN
  RECEDE TO NEAR 15.0 FT LATE TOMORROW EVENING. ANOTHER CREST NEAR
  28.2 FEET IS THEN EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 30.0 FEET FLOODING OF PORTIONS OF THE AVENUE OF THE
  GIANTS MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF SYLVANDALE AND
  THE MYERS FLAT AND REDWOOD GIANTS TRAILER PARKS. FLOODING IS
  ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR WEOTT.

$$

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614 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* THE VAN DUZEN RIVER NEAR BRIDGEVILLE IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE
  MONITOR STAGE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.
* AT 05AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...10.5 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 13.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 6.0 FT BY NOON ON SATURDAY
  THEN CREST NEAR 15.6 FT SUNDAY MORNING THEN FORECAST TO FALL
  BELOW MONITOR STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET...FLOODING WILL BEGIN IN LOWER PORTIONS OF
  GRIZZLY CREEK STATE PARK AND ALONG RIVER BAR ROAD.

$$

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614 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE SMITH RIVER NEAR DR FINE BRIDGE
* AT 05AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...24.3 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 27.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 21.0 FT EARLY
  TOMORROW MORNING THEN FORECAST TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 27.7
  FEET AROUND NOON ON SUNDAY.

$$

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614 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012

* THE KLAMATH RIVER NEAR KLAMATH TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE AROUND
  NOON ON SUNDAY.
* AT 04AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...15.1 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 30.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 38.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 22 FEET BY SATURDAY
  MORNING THEN CREST NEAR 31.0 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

$$