Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 4, 2006, 4:06 AM PST. It took effect at Mar 4, 2006, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 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
- Mar 4, 2006, 4:06 AM PST (12:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2006, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2006, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS46 KEKA 041206 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 406 AM PST SAT MAR 4 2006 CAZ004-050115- /O.UPG.KEKA.WS.A.0004.060305T0600Z-060306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.WS.W.0002.060305T0600Z-060306T0600Z/ UPPER TRINITY RIVER- 406 AM PST SAT MAR 4 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FEET DURING THIS EVENT...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM ON SUNDAY. 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. $$ CAZ003-050115- /O.NEW.KEKA.WS.W.0002.060305T0600Z-060306T0600Z/ NORTH COAST INTERIOR- 406 AM PST SAT MAR 4 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO START OUT BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FEET...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM ON SUNDAY MORNING.| $$ MJV
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KEKA 042359 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 359 PM PST SAT MAR 4 2006 .A STRONG AND VERY WET STORM SYSTEM IS APPROACHING NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING. A 120 KNOT SOUTHWESTERLY JET STREAM WILL SET UP OVER NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH COOL DRY AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW ACROSS HUMBOLDT AND TRINITY COUNTY...AS HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW PUSHES INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL PUSH INLAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ003-004-051300- /O.EXT.KEKA.WS.W.0002.060305T0600Z-060306T0100Z/ NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER- 359 PM PST SAT MAR 4 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PST SUNDAY... HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2500 FEET OVER EASTERN TRINITY COUNTY...TO NEAR 3500 FEET OVER THE KING RANGE. FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...9 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. $$ ST
000 WWUS46 KEKA 051218 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 418 AM PST SUN MAR 5 2006 .A STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM AND MODERATE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING VERY WET AND COLD CONDITIONS. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO START OUT NEAR 2500 FEET THIS MORNING AND HOVER BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY...ANOTHER 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. CAZ003-004-060130- /O.EXT.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060306T0600Z/ NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER- 418 AM PST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ABOVE 3000 FEET TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BELOW 3000 FEET THIS MORNING...BUT SNOW FALL AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 3 INCHES. HOWEVER...ABOVE 3000 FEET...8 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 20 MPH AND BECOME WESTERLY. $$ CAZ076-060130- /O.NEW.KEKA.SN.Y.0008.060305T1218Z-060306T0600Z/ MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 418 AM PST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. ABOVE 3000 FEET...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS MENDOCINO COUNTY AND BRING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE TO THE REGION. 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. $$ MJV
000 WWUS46 KEKA 052339 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 339 PM PST SUN MAR 5 2006 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY INLAND ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING. MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS TRINITY COUNTY THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN LIKELY OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT. CAZ076-060045- /O.CAN.KEKA.SN.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060306T0600Z/ MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 339 PM PST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS MENDOCINO COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND 4000 FEET...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ABOVE THAT LEVEL. $$ CAZ003-060200- /O.EXT.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060306T0200Z/ NORTH COAST INTERIOR- 339 PM PST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE FRONT PUSHES INLAND AND SNOWFALL TAPERS OFF. THIS WILL BRING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM TO 8 TO 12 INCHES BETWEEN 3500 AMD 4000 FEET. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER SLIGHTLY TO AROUND 3000 FEET. BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES. $$ CAZ004-060600- /O.CON.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060306T0600Z/ UPPER TRINITY RIVER- 339 PM PST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ABOVE 3000 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE THE FRONT PUSHES INLAND AND SNOWFALL TAPERS OFF. THIS WILL BRING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM TO 10 TO 15 INCHES BETWEEN 3000 AMD 5000 FEET. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONLY 1 TO 2 INCHES. $$ ST
000 WWUS46 KEKA 060608 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1008 PM PST SUN MAR 5 2006 CAZ004-060715- /O.EXP.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060306T0600Z/ UPPER TRINITY RIVER- 1008 PM PST SUN MAR 5 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED EAST OF WEAVERVILLE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500...BUT LOCALLY AS LOW AS 2000 FEET FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE 2 INCHES OR LESS BELOW 3000 FEET...AND 3 INCHES OR LESS ABOVE 3000 FEET. IN THE YOLLA BOLLY MOUNTAINS AND MENDOCINO PASS AREA...LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. MORE SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...BUT IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE BELOW SNOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ LUTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:56 AM PST | Wind Advisory | EKA | 29 hr |
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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.