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SAN JOAQUIN RIVER - NEWMAN (NWMC1)
Latitude: 37.35º NLongitude: 120.98º WElevation: 90 Feet
Location: Merced County in CaliforniaBulletin Group: San JoaquinRiver Group: San Joaquin
Issuance Time: Dec 08, 2023 at 8:10 AM PST
Monitor Stage: 63.0 FeetFlood Stage: 69.4 FeetDanger Stage: 70.4 Feet
Please Note:Ensemble forecasts produced by CNRFC only consider meteorological uncertainty and do not account for hydrologic uncertainty.
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Impacts - E19 Information
55.0 FeetThe city of Newman Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) begins to flood at lowest point. Newman Police Department shooting range at the WWTP is also affected.
62.0 FeetWater seepage begins outside the levee along the river at the Newman Wastewater Treatment Plant.
63.0 FeetLevee patrols required.
63.3 FeetSouth Sand Slough will flow.
63.6 FeetSand Slough will flow.
64.0 FeetThe Waste Water Treatment Plant beings taking on river water and flood pumping begins.
65.0 FeetThe Fisherman's Bend Trailer Park north of Hills Ferry Road begins to flood.
66.14 Feet01/28/1997 stage.
66.26 FeetPeak stage of record - 04/09/2006.
69.4 FeetProject flood stage.
70.0 FeetFlood water reaches the top of the levee that surrounds the Newman Waste Water Treatment Plant.
70.4 FeetDanger stage.
71.7 FeetTop of levee on the right bank.
Official 7 Day National Weather Service Forecast   (CAZ302)
Today: Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Areas of fog early in the morning, then patchy fog late in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear. Areas of frost and patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds up to 10 mph.

Saturday: Sunny. Widespread frost and patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds up to 5 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds up to 5 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds up to 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in the lower 60s.

Monday Night through Wednesday: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.

Wednesday Night and Thursday: Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.