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Snow Advisory 7, NWS Eureka, CA

December 30, 2005

NWS Eureka, CA issued this snow advisory at Dec 30, 2005, 12:08 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 30, 2005, 12:08 PM PST (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Dec 31, 2005, 12:00 AM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA

The text

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

000 
WWUS46 KEKA 302008
WSWEKA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1208 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

...WINTER STORM BRINGING SNOW TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF TRINITY COUNTY...

.AN ACTIVE STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TODAY. SNOW LEVELS REMAIN NEAR 4000 FEET IN PORTIONS OF TRINITY
COUNTY. HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
BEFORE SNOW LEVELS RISE TO ABOVE 5500 FEET LATE TONIGHT.

CAZ004-310415-
/O.NEW.KEKA.SN.Y.0007.051230T2008Z-051231T0800Z/
UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
1208 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 4500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. 

SNOW LEVELS OVER PORTIONS OF TRINITY COUNTY HAVE REMAINED NEAR
4000 TO 4500 FEET THROUGH THIS MORNING. LEVELS WILL SLOWLY RISE
THROUGH THIS EVENING TO ABOVE 5500 FEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4
TO 6 INCHES LIKELY BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS46 KEKA 310224
WSWEKA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
624 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

...ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF TRINITY COUNTY
THIS EVENING...

CAZ004-310800-
/O.CON.KEKA.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051231T0800Z/
UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
624 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...

SNOW LEVELS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN TRINITY COUNTY...MAINLY EAST
OF WEAVERVILLE...HAVE REMAINED NEAR 4500 FEET THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ABOVE
4500 FEET THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

AFTER MIDNIGHT...INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED DIMINISH
AS THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION PASSES SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE MAINLY TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

COLBY

000 
WWUS46 KEKA 310814
WSWEKA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1214 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005


CAZ004-310915-
/O.EXP.KEKA.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051231T0800Z/
UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
1214 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STEADY SNOW HAS TURNED
TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AS TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED...BRINGNG
SNOW LEVELS TO NEAR 6000 FEET.

$$

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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.