[UPDATE all major Roads From I-5 to 101 Open] Multiple North Coast Rivers Flooding or High; Snow Impacting Highways Also
Video by Nathan King taken in the Arcata neighborhood of Westwood at Stromberg and Cropley.
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UPDATE: All major roads open.
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Rain is dumping over northwestern California today. According to the National Weather Service in Eureka, “The Mad River at Arcata and the Russian River at Hopland are forecast to reach flood stage tonight. The Eel River, Smith River, and Van Duzen River are forecast to reach monitor stage. For more specific river impacts visit: https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov.”
Local roadways are impacted at the normal spots (though drought may have made this seem much less normal.) But major highways such as Hwy 36 at Carlotta are fully closed.
In addition, snow is impacting mountain passes which has caused the full closure of I-5 in places and forced chain requirements on Hwy 299.
https://www.facebook.com/CaltransDistrict2/videos/1788632221578023/
Please consider staying home. These kind of conditions can be dangerous. For those on rural roads especially remember that the NWS reminds travelers, “Do not attempt to drive across a flooded roadway.”
Blue Lake Patriot flooding. According to resident Mark Nelson, this is runoff from Hwy 299 that is flooding the Patriot station and Blue Lake Blvd. [Photo from Mark Nelson]
Final for this post updates in Brown. Look for a new update about 8 a.m. Sunday.
Major Highways–Here’s What We Know:
(Most information below is from Caltrans’ Quick Map. If you are heading to Oregon, check their similar site. If you are heading to Nevada, check their similar site.)
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Interstate 5: Northbound 5 Full Closure in both directions north of Redding and south of the Oregon border in multiple areas. See Caltrans QuickMap for details.
Trucks sidelined by snow on I-5 near the Oregon Border.Hwy 1: OpenHwy 3: Open (though closed at Scott Mountain)Hwy 20: Open But flooding on Hwy 20 west of Willits. See QuickMap for details.Hwy 36: Closed due to flooding in Carlotta area.Hwy 96: OPENHwy 101: Northbound Closed at Hookton Road near College of the Redwoods as of about 8 p.m. (See here for more) Completely closed at Orick to Newton B Drury Parkway. See here for more. Roadway flooding in several other areas including near Bald Hills Road See QuickMap for detailsincluding north of Klamath at High Prairie Creek.HWY 162 (Covelo Road): OpenHwy 169 (Klamath): OpenHwy 199: OpenHwy 200: According to Caltrans, “Route 200 (PM 0-2) is FULLY CLOSED at North Bank Road near McKinleyville in Humboldt County, due to flooding. There is no estimated time of reopening.”Hwy 211 to Ferndale: OPEN see here for more.Hwy 254 (Avenue of the Giants): Closed due to flooding from From Holmes Flat Rd to Immortal Tree and for construction between Miranda and Phillipsville at Fish Creek Road.Hwy 255: OpenHwy 271: OpenHwy 299: Open but chains required on and off from 2.25 miles west of Trinity / Shasta county line to 29 19 miles west of Redding. See Caltrans QuickMap for details.
Snow at Oregon Mountain.
Humboldt County Roads:
- See this post for photos and videos of a number of areas.
- Barr Road Roadway washing out in the 1200 block
- Berta Road Flooded
- Cannibal Island Road Flooded
- Carlotta Fire Hall Flooded on Hwy 36
- Coffee Creek Road Flooded
- Hawks Hill Road Flooded
- Old Arcata Road at Jacoby Creek Road
- Shelter Cove Road–Reader says, “[T]here are 2 significantly flooded spots. One is between the E.B. jct and the Whitethorn jct on Briceland Thorn rd and the other is on the Shelter Cove Rd just east of the intersection with Chemise Mtn Rd where the south fork of Bear Creek usually goes under the road but is currently going over.”
- West End Road Flooded@ P.M. 1.50
Wilder Ridge (flooding at Honeydew Creek)
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING:
- Eel River Drive at Hookton Road
- Fieldbrook Road at Grassy Creek
- Freshwater Road @ P.M. 1.50 from the intersection of Myrtle Ave
Hatchery Road at P.M. 0.00 - Glendale Drive at P.M. 2.30
- Hatchery Road at P.M. 0.00 1.50
- Maple Creek Road at P.M.
- Mad River Road at P.M. 2.50
- Myrtle Avenue closed between Pigeon Point Road and Freshwater Road
- Scenic Drive at P.M. 1.8 due to a slide, trees in telephone lines
McCann ferry is running. McCann Road and McCann Bridge are closed.
Trinity County Roads: No information at this time.
Mendocino County Roads: No information at this time.
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UPDATE: All major roads open.
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Aftermath made for this sky.
I do not understand why people let their pets or they themselves touch that water if at all avoidable cause that has got to be some of the nastiest water with bacteria, petroleum and pesticide run off, etc. etc.
http://northcoastaviation.com/weather/river_data/eel_river_levels.htm
It was 7 feet this morning.
So jumped up pretty good.
So much for man caused climate change. We are back to what we are known for, rain, fog. Good ol southern tip of the PNW.
Except for the exceptionally dry November and December, and the hottest year on record in 2023.
You mean Winter? Yeah, that’s still a thing.
2023 was the warmest on record gobally, though.
https://www.noaa.gov/news/2023-was-worlds-warmest-year-on-record-by-far#:~:text
We really need to get busy building that offshore wind farm.
Once everyone gets their kickbacks I’m sure it will be green lighted.
Let’s hope the local wind project goes bankrupt before it’s built like the big east coast project
You realize that increased rain is part of climate change right? It’s not just localized hot temperatures.
No, bro. They don’t get it. They think it just means it’ll get hot. They ignore the part of anthropogenic climate change where it involves extreme temperature swings, increased precipitation and clouds, shorter and milder winters in some places and harsher conditions in others. Fox News doesn’t educate them on the issue, so how would they know?
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You haven’t been around long if you don’t know this amount of rain is normal
Has nothing to do with rain at your house, it’s about the heating of the globe causing extreme swings in weather. Dec was the warmest on record for Ca & 2023 was warmest year globally.
Look at the extreme cold, extreme heatwaves, extreme cold, extreme downpours, extreme tornados, extreme hurricanes all recently breaking records.
It’s the weather and not climate change. Davos is selling that its something you must personally suffer for. You are guilty if you heat or cool a home, apartment or your place of business.
Fishing must stop to save all the fish. Tens of thousands must stop all farming and you must eat Bill Gates contaminated and vaccine added food guaranteed to debilitate you or drop your sperm or egg counts so you never reproduce.
Better say your prayers with the elite eugenicists getting ahold of planetary politics while you’ve been fast asleep at the boob tube even as they captured your government. But that’s just a conspiracy theory despite folks like Attali and Turner and Kissinger and Biden and Trump and Schwab rubbing your faces in it. Welcome to totalitarianism and the loss of your Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Watch the roads for undercutting along the water washed asphalt. And, carry emergency supplies and tell people when you leave and when you expect to check back in.
Your ignorance and your zeal to share it…is appalling
Contest, with facts, just one of the claims. You can’t, because everything stated is the truth. One liners and platitudes, that’s all that’s in your quiver.
Wow, time to step away from the bong !
It’s called Winter.
Except this is the most flooding we’ve seen in over 50 years. When is the last time you saw Blue Lake Blvd flood and 101 be completely closed at Hookton due to both lanes being completely underwater?
Earlier today there was more water on the roads than they could shed, there was standing water all over the freeways, absolutely ripe for hydroplaning.
No its not. 2017 & 2019 were worse & 1986 & 1997 were far worse.
Mad River flooded more than expected yesterday because Ruth Lake is at capacity & overflowed
1955, and 1964 but of course climate change started years before 1955 right.
The Mad is flooding in 3rd place for all time records, highest since 1997, little more to go and it breaks the 2nd highest 28.4 ft crest of 1955, 1964 it crested at 32.7 ft
Ended up passing 1997 at 27.2
Overflowing Ruth dam contributed to this crest
Historic crests
Just drove from crescent City to orick and the flooding north or Bald hills road on 101 is very dangerous, low clearance cars are going to be swamped because the creek is flowing over the road, both lanes under a creek of flowing water. Funny thing was there were flaggers for a little puddle covering 10% of the road and around the corner the road is knee high .
If you need a way north off the 101 you can take the Palmer exit and Tompkins Hill Road will take you past the flooding
I just hope they keep trucks with more than 2 axles off Tompkins. They get stuck on the hairpin turn before the climb and block the road for the rest of us.