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 ISSUED:   SAT  FEB  6 1999    815 AM  PST


 NEXT:  THIS EVENING FEB 6 ABT 7 PM


             RUSSIAN/NAPA RIVER FORECAST 

CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, SACRAMENTO, CA
              
 ATTENTION...THE FOLLOWING STAGES OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE
             HAVE OCCURRED OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
WARNING STAGE
        RUSSIAN RIVER AT HEALDSBURG
        RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE BRIDGE


RAINFALL FORECAST FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
A MODERATE RISE ON THE THE RUSSIAN AND NAPA RIVERS. 


FORECASTS ARE BASED ON PRESENT AND FORECASTED METEOROLOGICAL
AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ISSUANCE.


RUSSIAN RIVER AT
   HOPLAND 8 AM STAGE   2.5 FT
      FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR  12.0 FT   SATURDAY EVENING
      THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR  15.0 FT   SUNDAY AFTERNOON
           WARNING STAGE  18.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE  21.0 FT
   HEALDSBURG 8 AM STAGE   2.4 FT
      FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR   8.0 FT   SATURDAY EVENING
      THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE WARNING STAGE  EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
      THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR  17.0 FT  NEAR NOON SUNDAY 
           WARNING STAGE  15.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE  19.0 FT
   GUERNEVILLE BRIDGE 8 AM STAGE   6.8 FT
      FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR  18.0 FT   SUNDAY MORNING
      THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE WARNING STAGE   SUNDAY AFTERNOON
           WARNING STAGE  29.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE  32.0 FT

NAPA RIVER AT
   ST HELENA 8 AM STAGE   3.7 FT
      FORECAST TO CREST NEAR  12.0 FT   SUNDAY MORNING
           FLOOD STAGE  13.0 FT 
   NAPA 8 AM STAGE   5.1 FT
      FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR  14.0 FT   SUNDAY MORNING
      WITH CONTINUED RISE EXPECTED
           WARNING STAGE  22.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE  25.0 FT


UNLISTED FORECAST POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING STAGE.
ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY RIVER CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPID CHANGES AND FOR POSSIBLE FORECAST REVISIONS.

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