Alert archive / California / High Surf Advisories in 2007
High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this high surf advisory at Feb 23, 2007, 9:18 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 25, 2007, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2007, 9:18 PM PST (05:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2007, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2007, 3:33 AM PST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS46 KEKA 240518 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 918 PM PST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...LARGE WEST SWELL TO IMPACT THE COAST SUNDAY... .STORM FORCE WEST WINDS WELL OFFSHORE ASSOCIATED WITH A POWERFUL CYCLONE CHURNING EASTWARD TOWARD THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERS WILL SEND LARGE AND STEEP WESTERLY SWELL ONTO THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST SUNDAY. CAZ001-002-241400- /O.NEW.KEKA.SU.Y.0002.070225T1400Z-070226T1400Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 918 PM PST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... WEST SWELL 11 TO 13 FEET LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL BUILD RAPIDLY TO 20 TO 22 FEET BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES OVER JETTIES AND PIERS. THE BEACH WILL BECOME A HAZARD ZONE SUNDAY...WITH WATER RUN UP LIKELY REACHING THE DUNES AT HIGH TIDE...HURLING LOGS AND DEBRIS ASHORE. THE COLD AND TURBULENT WATERS WILL SPELL TROUBLE FOR ANYONE CAUGHT IN THE GRIP OF...OR KNOCKED DOWN BY THE STRONG WAVE ACTION. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES NEAR THE BEACH AND SURF ZONE IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED THIS SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LETHAL RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ COLBY
5 follow-up statements
000 WHUS46 KEKA 241743 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 943 AM PST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY... .AN INTENSE PACIFIC STORM WEST OF PORTLAND WILL PRODUCE 25 TO 30 FOOT SWELL OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRESH SWELL WILL PROPOGATE EAST SOUTHEASTWARD AND ARRIVE ALONG THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE SWELL TRAIN SHOULD BECOME WEST BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PEAK AROUND THE 25 FOOT MARK. RESIDUAL 20 FOOT SWELL WILL CONTINUE ALONG OUR COASTLINE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. CAZ001-002-251745- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0002.070225T1400Z-070226T1400Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 943 AM PST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTLINE CAN EXPECT TO SEE 20 FOOT SWELL BETWEEN 6AM SUNDAY AND 6AM MONDAY. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THE PEAK WAVES WILL BE IN THE 23 TO 27 FOOT RANGE BETWEEN 10AM AND 6PM SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LETHAL RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ MJV
000 WHUS46 KEKA 242322 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 322 PM PST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY... .LARGE WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL IS EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST OF CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY. THE LATEST WAVE MODEL DATA SUGGESTS A PEAK SEA HEIGHT AROUND 25 FEET. THIS LARGE SWELL IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ALONG THE DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COASTLINE AFTER SUNRISE ON SUNDAY...PEAKING IN THE MID 20S DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SWELL WILL PROPOGATE SOUTHWARD ALONG THE MENDOCINO COASTLINE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE WARNING CRITERIA OF 24 FEET. CAZ001-260015- /O.UPG.KEKA.SU.Y.0002.070225T1400Z-070226T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SU.W.0001.070225T1400Z-070226T0200Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 322 PM PST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY... THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED FOR THE REDWOOD COAST. WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL IN THE 23 TO 27 FOOT RANGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE REDWOOD COAST BETWEEN NOON AND 6PM SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LETHAL RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. $$ CAZ002-260015- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0002.070225T1400Z-070226T1400Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 322 PM PST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL IN THE 20 TO 23 FOOT RANGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE MENDOCINO COAST ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LETHAL RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$
000 WHUS46 KEKA 251424 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 624 AM PST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .A LARGE WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE COAST LATER THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. THE LATEST WAVE MODEL DATA SUGGESTS A PEAK SEA HEIGHT AROUND 25 FEET. THIS LARGE SWELL IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ALONG THE DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COASTLINE LATER THIS MORNING...PEAKING IN THE MID 20S DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SWELL WILL THEN PROPAGATE SOUTHWARD ALONG THE MENDOCINO COASTLINE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE WARNING CRITERIA OF 24 FEET. CAZ001-260200- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0200Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 624 AM PST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TODAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL IN THE 23 TO 26 FOOT RANGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE REDWOOD COAST THROUGH 6PM TODAY. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT BUT REMAIN AROUND 20 FEET THROUGH MONDAY. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. $$ CAZ002-260330- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T1400Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 624 AM PST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL IN THE 20 TO 23 FOOT RANGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE MENDOCINO COAST BEGINNING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LETHAL RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$
000 WHUS46 KEKA 260207 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 606 PM PST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .LARGE WEST SWELL WHICH PEAKED NEAR 24 FEET EARLIER TODAY WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 18 AND 22 FEET OVERNIGHT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REDWOOD AND MENDOCINO COASTS UNTIL 6AM MONDAY. CAZ001-261400- /O.EXP.KEKA.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KEKA.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T1400Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 606 PM PST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY... 18 TO 22 FOOT WEST SWELL OVERNIGHT WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. VENTURING NEAR JETTIES OR CLOSE TO THE SURF ZONE WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY MONDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS...LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION...AND STRONG WATER RUNUP CAPABLE OF HURLING DEBRIS HIGH ONTO THE BEACH. $$ CAZ002-261400- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T1400Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 606 PM PST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY... 18 TO 22 FOOT WEST SWELL WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL MAKE PIERS AND JETTIES HAZARDOUS. WATER RUNUP WILL BE STRONG...AND CAPABLE OF KNOCKING AN INDIVIDUAL OFF THEIR FEET. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION DUE TO HIGH WATER RUNUP. $$ COLBY
000 WHUS46 KEKA 261133 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 333 AM PST MON FEB 26 2007 CAZ001-002-261245- /O.CAN.KEKA.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T1400Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 333 AM PST MON FEB 26 2007 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THE LARGE WEST SWELL HAS SUBSIDED TO 14 TO 16 FEET ALONG MOST OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THIS MORNING. NEVERTHELESS...IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VISITING THE BEACHES AND JETTIES ALONG THE NORTH COAST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:56 AM PST | Snow Advisory | EKA | 37 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:22 PM PST | High Surf Warning | EKA | 27 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.