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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
1010 PM PST THU NOV 29 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


A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL TOTALS RANGING
FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO FIVE INCHES
IN SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST EXPOSURES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE EXTENDED
OUTLOOK IS FOR ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE
RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND.


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 BY 30 NOVEMBER AT 5 AM OR AS
WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

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1010 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012

* THE EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE.
* AT 8PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...5.6 FEET
* MONITOR STAGE IS 14 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 15 FT FRIDAY EVENING THEN
  TO FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE OF 14 FT SATURDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL
  THEN RECEDE TO NEAR 11.5 FT LATE SATURDAY EVENING THEN
  FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 22 FT LATE 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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1010 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012

* FORECAST INFORMATION FOR THE EEL RIVER NEAR SCOTIA
* AT 8PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...16.6 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 45.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 51.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 31.0 FT LATE TOMORROW EVENING
  THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 24.0 FT SATURDAY EVENING THEN
  FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 45.0 FT LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

$$

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1010 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012

* THE VAN DUZEN RIVER NEAR BRIDGEVILLE FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR
  STAGE.
* AT 8PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...7.3 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 13.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 13.0 FT EARLY
  SUNDAY MORNING THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 15.5 FT THEN FORECAST TO
  FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE OF 13.0 FT 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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1010 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012

* THE SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER NEAR MIRANDA FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR
  STAGE.
* AT 8PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...11.4 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 27.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 27.0 FT AROUND
  NOON SUNDAY THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 28.0 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN
  FORECAST TO FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE OF 27.0 FT SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 27.0 FEET...THERE ARE NO KNOWN IMPACTS.

$$

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1010 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012

* THE SMITH RIVER NEAR DR FINE BRIDGE FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR
  STAGE.
* AT 8PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...24.1 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 27.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO TO CREST NEAR 27 FT EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 21.5 FT LATE FRIDAY EVENING.

$$

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1010 PM PST THU NOV 29 2012

* THE KLAMATH RIVER NEAR KLAMATH FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE.
* AT 8PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...12.9 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 30.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 38.0 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 30.0 FT AROUND
  NOON SUNDAY THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 31.0 FT SUNDAY EVENING THEN
  RECEDE TO NEAR 24.0 FT MONDAY EVENING.

$$