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With a couple of days where there's been a break.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTToday was one of them.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
958 AM PST SAT DEC 19 2015
REDWOOD COAST - MENDOCINO COAST - NORTH COAST INTERIOR -
UPPER TRINITY RIVER - MENDOCINO INTERIOR
958 AM PST SAT DEC 19 2015
...UNSETTLED WEATHER TO IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY...
TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BRINGING
SNOW TO TRINITY COUNTY ON SUNDAY... THEN ABUNDANT RAINFALL TO ALL
AREAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO 2000 FEET
ACROSS TRINITY COUNTY ON SUNDAY... WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ON MONDAY IN ADVANCE
OF A MAJOR RAIN PRODUCING STORM THAT WILL BRING AS MUCH AS 6 TO 10
INCHES OF RAIN TO DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES... WITH LOWER
AMOUNTS OVER TRINITY AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES THROUGH TUESDAY.
...IMPACTS...
* SNOW ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 299...36...AND 3 WITHIN TRINITY
COUNTY WILL CAUSE VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.
* PONDING OF WATER AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL LIKELY FLOOD
SOME URBAN AND RURAL ROADS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
* FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SMITH AND VAN DUZEN RIVERS IS
POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY.
.FORECAST CONFIDENCE...
* HIGH
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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
906 AM PST SAT DEC 19 2015
...THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY CONTINUES WITH
THE POTENTIAL OF LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND
FLOODING ALONG MAINSTEM RIVERS...|
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS DEL NORTE
AND NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN
HUMBOLDT, MENDOCINO, AND TRINITY COUNTIES.
AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT IS STILL FORECAST TO BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. AT THIS
TIME...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL LIKELY BE IN DEL NORTE AND NORTHERN
HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THE LOCATION AND TIMING COULD CHANGE
AS WE GET CLOSER TO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
CURRENT FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY:
DEL NORTE COUNTY...5 TO 7 INCHES AND UP TO 9 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST
PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...4 TO 6 INCHES AND UP TO 7 INCHES IN
NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT AND NORTHERN MENDOCINO COUNTIES...3 TO 6 INCHES.
SOUTHERN MENDOCINO COUNTY...1 TO 3 INCHES.
TRINITY COUNTY...2 TO 3 INCHES AND UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE WEST
PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
THE MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO HAVE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT
RISES. THE SMITH RIVER IS FORECAST TO EXCEED MONITOR STAGE AND
POTENTIALLY COULD REACH FLOOD STAGE. VAN DUZEN RIVER IS FORECAST
TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE. KLAMATH RIVER NEAR KLAMATH...REDWOOD
CREEK...MAD RIVER...AND THE EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE ARE FORECAST
TO REACH MONITOR STAGE.
RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON THE SMALL
STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES. SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY IN DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES.
STANDING OR PONDING WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND IN
THOSE AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. ALSO, URBAN STREET FLOODING IS
EXPECTED WHERE THE STORM DRAINS ARE UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE
RAINFALL OR ARE CLOGGED WITH LEAVES OR OTHER DEBRIS.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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