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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA

415 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2002



...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE COUNTIES OF...DEL NORTE 

AND HUMBOLDT.  THE WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM PST 

MONDAY AFTERNOON...



THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM SUNDAY 

IN DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES.  LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALLER 

RIVERS AND STREAMS IS OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON BUT A BRIEF BREAK 

BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL ALLOW WATER LEVELS TO RECEDE TONIGHT. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD RAIN 

WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON MONDAY LASTING WELL INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS A 

SLOW MOVING FRONT APPROACHES THE NORTH COAST.  ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL BY TUESDAY MORNING IN THE SMITH BASIN AND 

ACROSS NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...WITH THE EFFECTED RIVERS AND 

STREAMS REACHING THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.



CURRENT HYDROLOGIC MODEL FORECASTS INDICATE ALL NORTH COAST RIVERS 

TO REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW MONITOR STAGE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

HOWEVER...WITH LARGE OPEN OCEAN SWELL ARRIVING MONDAY NIGHT AND 

TUESDAY...SMALLER AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS COULD FLOOD LOW LYING 

AREAS NEAR THE COAST.  

   

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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