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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
815 PM PST SAT DEC 22 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...

  EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE EEL RIVER BASIN WILL CAUSE THE EEL RIVER
TO REMAIN ABOVE MONITOR STAGE THROUGH MUCH OF THE 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 SUNDAY DECEMBER 23, 2012 AROUND 9AM
OR AS WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

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815 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012

* THE EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE IS CURRENTLY ABOVE MONITOR STAGE.
* AT 7PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...15.2 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MONITOR STAGE IS 14 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET.
* THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO REMAIN AROUND 15 FEET TONIGHT THEN RISE
  TO NEAR 17.5 FT MONDAY MORNING. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW
  MONITOR STAGE OF 14 FT MONDAY EVENING THEN TO RECEDE TO NEAR 9 FT
  LATE TUESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18 FEET...FLOODING OF WESTERN PORTIONS OF CANNIBAL
  ISLAND ROAD...CAMP WEOTT ROAD AND ADJACENT AREAS IS LIKELY. THIS
  LEVEL MAY ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF THE SALT RIVER...OLD RIVER AND
  OTHER LOW LYING SLOUGH AREAS. FLOODING IN THESE AREAS IS
  EXAGGERATED WHEN CREST TIMING IS COINCIDENT WITH HIGH TIDES AND
  STRONG ONSHORE WINDS...AND WHEN THE RIVER REMAINS HIGH FOR LONGER
  PERIODS OF TIME.