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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Eureka, CA

November 30, 2005

NWS Eureka, CA issued this winter storm warning at Nov 30, 2005, 1:14 PM PST. It took effect at Nov 30, 2005, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 30, 2005, 1:14 PM PST (21:14 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 30, 2005, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 1, 2005, 10:42 AM PST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA

The text

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

000 
WWUS46 KEKA 302114
WSWEKA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
114 PM PST WED NOV 30 2005

CAZ004-010615-
/O.UPG.KEKA.WS.A.0002.051201T0600Z-051201T2000Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.WS.W.0002.051201T0600Z-051202T0000Z/
UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
114 PM PST WED NOV 30 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

A STRONG STORM OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC WILL SPREAD RAIN AND SNOW OVER
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL
REMAIN NEAR 3000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY LOWER SNOW LEVELS...THROUGH
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND ONLY RISE SLIGHTLY LATE THURSDAY
MORNING.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 3500 FEET...WITH LOCALLY LOWER
LEVELS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 3500 FEET.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$
KLEESCHULTE

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS46 KEKA 010400
WSWEKA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
800 PM PST WED NOV 30 2005

CAZ004-011400-
/O.NEW.KEKA.SN.Y.0003.051201T0600Z-051202T0000Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.WS.W.0002.051201T0600Z-051202T0000Z/
UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
800 PM PST WED NOV 30 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
THURSDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY BELOW 3500 
FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR
ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHWEST OREGON WILL SPREAD RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2000 
AND 3000 FEET OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 3500 FEET...WITH ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY BETWEEN 2000 AND 3500 FEET.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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.

$$

COLBY

000 
WWUS46 KEKA 011130
WSWEKA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
330 AM PST THU DEC 1 2005

CAZ004-011930-
/O.UPG.KEKA.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051202T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051201T2000Z/
UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
330 AM PST THU DEC 1 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY ABOVE
5000 FEET...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON PST TODAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH ELEVATION
SNOWFALL THROUGH NOON TODAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE
THIS MORNING...AND WILL BE ABOVE 5000 TO 5500 FEET BY NOON TODAY. 
SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN OR SLUSH MAY FALL AS LOW AS 3500 FEET IN
COLDER VALLEYS AND CANYONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN TRINITY THIS
MORNING. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 5000 TO 5500 FEET WILL RANGE
FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES TODAY. SNOW AND RAIN WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY 
THIS EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$


DJB

000 
WWUS46 KEKA 011842
WSWEKA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1042 AM PST THU DEC 1 2005

CAZ004-011945-
/O.CAN.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051201T2000Z/
UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
1042 AM PST THU DEC 1 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED. SNOW LEVELS INCREASED TO ABOVE 5500 FEET WITH ONLY
LOCALIZED LOCATIONS NEAR 4500 FEET.

SOME ROADS MAY BE ICY OR SNOW COVERED MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS. 

$$
KLEESCHULTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 29, 4:10 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	EKA	43 hr
Nov 30, 4:49 AM PST	High Wind Warning	EKA	23 hr
Nov 30, 4:49 AM PST	Wind Advisory	EKA	29 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2005 Every winter storm warning in 2005

Sources

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