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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Eureka, CA

July 11, 2001Humboldt County, Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2001, 3:14 PM PDT for Humboldt County, Trinity County, California. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2001, 3:14 PM PDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2001, 4:00 PM PDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Humboldt County, CA, Trinity County, CA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 3:30 PM PDTHail 1Salyer, CA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2001-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2001-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-453 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS56 KEKA 112216
SVREKA

CAC023-105-112300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
314 PM PDT WED JUL 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOOPA...WEITCHPEC
  NORTHWESTERN TRINITY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 400 PM PDT

* AT 312 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF HOOPA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOOPA AT 325 PM PDT
  3 MILES EAST OF WEITCHPEC AT 400 PM PDT

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN EUREKA.

LAT...LON 4118 12393 4084 12365 4103 12322 4130 12358

The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 1:22 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity23 min
Jul 11, 1:48 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity42 min
Jul 11, 2:34 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKAHumboldt, Trinity41 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.