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Here is the latest alert for your area:

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
300 PM PST FRI DEC 13 2002

...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR HUMBOLDT...MENDOCINO AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES...
...FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER AT HOPLAND THROUGH SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR SMALL STREAM AND STREET FLOODING STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT...AND FOR RIVER FLOODING BEGINNING SATURDAY. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

MANY COASTAL CREEKS COULD FILL TO BANK FULL. THE STREAMS THAT COULD FLOOD FRIDAY NIGHT INCLUDE JACOBY AND FRESHWATER CREEKS NEAR HUMBOLDT BAY...THE TALMAGE AREA NEAR UKIAH...AND FELIZ CREEK NEAR HOPLAND. THE
GARCIA RIVER AT HIGHWAY 1 IS ALSO A CONCERN.

HYDROLOGIC FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT THE EEL...VAN DUZEN...AND THE NAVARRO RIVERS WILL RISE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE FLOODING. AREAS OF CONCERN ARE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE EEL RIVER DELTA...ALONG THE LOWER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 36...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 128 NEAR NAVARRO. ALL
OTHER AREA RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL ALSO RISE AND POSSIBLY EXPERIENCE FLOODING.