Huge Storm Hitting NorCal

Just got back from clearing the drains on the street. Glad I took advantage of that deal for the Kokatat pants.
It started to really fllood, 3' in some spots. I love the idiots who thing if they gun it they'll make it through. haha... sorry chode, I'm here to clear drains not push your swamped car, dumbass.

Water is now going down and back to norm. That was fun!

With storm totals well upwards of 20" at Honeydew things are juiced up big time up this way.  I got out in the woods yesterday and there was zero opportunity to see anything but brown water.  Hopefully we'll get a break for a bit because things are at a critical point in many places up here.

Beautiful pics Eric. Hope all is well.

Anthony

This video is from today.
Pretty dang wet.
You can hear how loud the rain is at the end of the video.
Best watched in HD.

This video is from today.
Pretty dang wet.
You can hear how loud the rain is at the end of the video.
Best watched in HD.

Hey Tote,

was thinking about that creek and how it was doing..... hope all stays well!!!!!

Napa is not looking good. 

Flood Warning


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA
448 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...

  RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE AFFECTING SONOMA COUNTY
  NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY
  NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY

.RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NAPA AND RUSSIAN RIVER BASINS
THIS MORNING. RAIN RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BECAUSE
SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH THE NAPA RIVER SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
BY MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING THE LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER TO
FLOOD STAGE ON MONDAY MORNING.

CAC055-031345-...CORRECTED
/O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0001.121202T2215Z-121203T1337Z/
/SHEC1.1.ER.121202T2215Z.121203T0000Z.121203T0137Z.NR/
546 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA
*  UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING
*  AT 2:00 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE AT ST HELENA WAS 5.1 FT
*  FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 16.0 FT BY 3:00 PM PST
   SUNDAY.
*  THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 16.8 FT LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
*  THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING
*  THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 3 FT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
*  FLOOD STAGE AT ST HELENA IS 16.0 FT
*  AT 16.0 FT MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH
   INCLUDING THE LOWEST AREAS OF TOWNS ALONG THE REACH. MANY RURAL
   AREAS INCLUDING SOME PRIMARY ROADS AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS WILL
   HAVE MINOR FLOODING.
*  AT 18.0 FEET MODERATE FLOODING ACROSS LOWER AREAS OF TOWNS
   ALONG THE REACH. WIDESPREAD CROP LOSSES AND EROSION OF LAND.
   MANY PRIMARY AND MOST SECONDARY ROADS WILL FLOOD, MAKING TRAVEL
   DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.

$$




FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA
448 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...

  RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE AFFECTING SONOMA COUNTY
  NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY
  NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA AFFECTING NAPA COUNTY

.RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NAPA AND RUSSIAN RIVER BASINS
THIS MORNING. RAIN RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BECAUSE
SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH THE NAPA RIVER SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
BY MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING THE LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER TO
FLOOD STAGE ON MONDAY MORNING.

CAC055-031400-
/O.EXT.KMTR.FL.W.0003.121203T0030Z-121203T1420Z/
/APCC1.1.ER.121203T0030Z.121203T0100Z.121203T0220Z.NO/
546 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA
*  UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING
*  AT 2:00 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE NEAR NAPA WAS 11.5 FT
*  FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 22.0 FT BY
   2:00 PM PST ON SUNDAY
*  THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 25.0 FT
   LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
*  FORECAST TO CREST AT 25.1 FT LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
*  THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING
*  THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE BELOW 9 FT BY TUESDAY MORNING
*  FLOOD STAGE NEAR NAPA IS 25.0 FT
*  AT 25.0 FEET THE LOWER AREAS OF YOUNTVILLE AND NAPA NEAR THE NAPA
   RIVER WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING. SOME SECONDARY ROADS WILL HAVE
   MINOR FLOODING.

$$


http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/ahps_warnings.php?wfo=mtr&zone=CAC055,CAZ065

Navarro Flood Warning


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
945 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...

  VAN DUZEN RIVER NEAR BRIDGEVILLE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...

  NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY
  RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY
  EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY
  MAD RIVER NEAR ARCATA AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS
  MORNING BUT ALREADY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
  NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO LIKELY
  ACROSS MENDOCINO COUNTY. UPSLOPE FAVORED AREAS OF THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN WILL END UP WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES. RIVERS WILL
  CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 DECEMBER 2, 2012 AT 3 PM PST OR AS
WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC045-030545-
/O.EXT.KEKA.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-121203T0900Z/
/NVRC1.1.ER.121202T1641Z.121202T2300Z.121203T0300Z.NO/
945 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:15 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23 FEET.
* IMPACTS...AT 30 FEET...WATER WILL FLOW OVER THE BANKS OF THE
  RIVER APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF HWY 128...AND WILL BEGIN TO
  FLOOD PROPERTY IN THIS AREA INCLUDING SEVERAL HOMES. EXPECT
  COMPLETE CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 128.

$$




FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
945 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...

  VAN DUZEN RIVER NEAR BRIDGEVILLE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...

  NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY
  RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY
  EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY
  MAD RIVER NEAR ARCATA AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS
  MORNING BUT ALREADY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
  NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO LIKELY
  ACROSS MENDOCINO COUNTY. UPSLOPE FAVORED AREAS OF THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN WILL END UP WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES. RIVERS WILL
  CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 DECEMBER 2, 2012 AT 3 PM PST OR AS
WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC045-030545-
/O.EXT.KEKA.FL.W.0009.121202T1836Z-121203T0715Z/
/HOPC1.2.ER.121202T1836Z.121202T2300Z.121203T0115Z.NO/
945 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THIS EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
  THE RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET.
* IMPACTS...AT 24 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING STRUCTURES AND
  FARMLAND IN THE HOPLAND...UKIAH AND TALMAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR. MANY
  SECONDARY ROADS MAY ALSO BE FLOODED. SEVERE BANK EROSION IS
  POSSIBLE.

$$


http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/ahps_warnings.php?wfo=eka&zone=CAC045,CAZ002

Kinda looks like the storm has passed. Swellinfo says its going to be calming down next week. Spearfishing next weekend off our kayaks down in carmel anyone?

Navarro update flooding

Flood Warning


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
229 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...

  NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY
  EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 2, 2012  AT 9 PM PST OR AS
WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC045-031029-
/O.EXT.KEKA.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-121203T1551Z/
/NVRC1.2.ER.121202T1641Z.121203T0100Z.121203T0951Z.NO/
229 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
  THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO.
* UNTIL MONDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  1:15 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23 FEET. THIS RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH 30 FEET BY 5 PM TODAY.
* IMPACTS...AT 30 FEET...WATER WILL FLOW OVER THE BANKS OF THE
  RIVER APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF HWY 128...AND WILL BEGIN TO
  FLOOD PROPERTY IN THIS AREA INCLUDING SEVERAL HOMES. EXPECT
  COMPLETE CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 128.

$$



Flood Advisory


FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
246 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

CAC015-023-045-105-030145-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FA.Y.0015.121202T2246Z-121203T0145Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUMBOLDT CA-DEL NORTE CA-MENDOCINO CA-TRINITY CA-
246 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  DEL NORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY...
  HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILLOW CREEK...ORLEANS...HOOPA...
  HONEYDEW...GARBERVILLE...EUREKA...
  MENDOCINO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALBION...WILLITS...UKIAH...
  LAYTONVILLE...COVELO...
  WESTERN TRINITY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM PST

* AT 244 PM DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS
ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO ADD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WATER TO ALREADY FLOODED
AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLANDS...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING
SPOTS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4183 12369 4160 12371 4139 12364 4138 12349
      4115 12330 3956 12288 3950 12305 3924 12299
      3907 12309 3885 12283 3884 12285 3877 12343
      3892 12367 3953 12371 3993 12389 4038 12427
      4131 12403 4179 12424 4200 12417 4200 12354

$$

BFG





http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/ahps_warnings.php?wfo=eka&zone=CAC045,CAZ002

Okay!  Gonna stop here.

For those that want an update.  Click here....http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/ahps_warnings.php?wfo=eka&zone=CAC045,CAZ002

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Seems to be over now, unless your up in Tahoe.  Boy Tote that creek looks like a river!!!   Ours has been gushing all day, and some huge trees floating down it every once in a while.  My neighbor said he saw a whole redwood deck float by.   

Here in the woods JNO Ukiah, we have had 12.5" in the past week with 6.5" over Friday -Saturday according to my neighbor's rain gauge.

Ditches clogged and over ran last night, 8"-12" ruts in the driveway. I spent most of the day with a shovel and a rake. Thankfully a neighbor with a small JD tractor with a box scraper came over and helped.

I live close to the headwaters of the Russian - we have LOTS of water!

Sump Pump working over time! Have my own reservoir in the basement workshop 

Ya... I bought a new sump pump that has an "intelligent sensing" on/off... woke up to it fully submerged and not pumping.   

Hopefully I can return and get an old style with float trigger. 

What i've realized is that its pointless to clean the sewer drains if the a-holes living "upstream" from you don't bother doing they part and cleaning gutters in front of their homes.  #neighborsucks

What i've realized is that its pointless to clean the sewer drains if the a-holes living "upstream" from you don't bother doing they part and cleaning gutters in front of their homes.  #neighborsucks

at least in Willow Glen they will have 'gutter tenders'.....