Alert archive / California / High Surf Warnings in 2007
High Surf Warning 2, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this high surf warning at Dec 1, 2007, 2:45 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 2, 2007, 9:00 PM PST. It was in force for 48 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
- Dec 1, 2007, 2:45 PM PST (22:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2007, 9:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2007, 8:39 PM PST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS46 KEKA 012246 CCA CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 245 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 CAZ001-002-021230- /O.NEW.KEKA.SU.W.0002.071203T0500Z-071205T1100Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 245 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC WILL GENERATE HIGH WINDS OFFSHORE BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT. AS THE SEAS RESPOND TO THE STRONG WINDS...BUILDING WEST AND SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL INFILTRATE THE COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING SUNDAY...WITH HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. EVEN AS WINDS DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...LONGER PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL DEVELOPED FROM THE STORM WILL RESULT IN BREAKERS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 FEET. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. BEACHES...JETTIES...ROCKS...AND PIERS ON EXPOSED COASTLINE WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS IN THESE CONDITIONS. LARGE WAVES CONTAIN TREMENDOUS FORCE AND CAN SWEEP INDIVIDUALS INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT WATER. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WAVES SUBSIDE. SOME INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. 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. $$ MAB
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000 WHUS46 KEKA 021119 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 319 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 CAZ001-002-030030- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0002.071203T0500Z-071205T1100Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 319 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC WILL GENERATE HIGH WINDS OFFSHORE BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT. AS THE SEAS RESPOND TO THE STRONG WINDS...BUILDING WEST AND SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL INFILTRATE THE COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING SUNDAY...WITH HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. EVEN AS WINDS DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...LONGER PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL DEVELOPED FROM THE STORM WILL RESULT IN BREAKERS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 FEET. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. BEACHES...JETTIES...ROCKS...AND PIERS ON EXPOSED COASTLINE WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS IN THESE CONDITIONS. LARGE WAVES CONTAIN TREMENDOUS FORCE AND CAN SWEEP INDIVIDUALS INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT WATER. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WAVES SUBSIDE. SOME INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. $$
000 WHUS46 KEKA 021732 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 932 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 CAZ001-002-030615- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0002.071203T0500Z-071205T1100Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 932 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC WILL BRING GALE TO STORM FORCE SOUTH WINDS TO THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE HIGH WINDS ARE GENERATING RAPIDLY BUILDING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST SEAS OVER THE WATERS...WITH DEEP WATER WAVE HEIGHTS RISING TO 20 TO 25 FEET TONIGHT...PEAKING NEAR 27 FEET ON TUESDAY. WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 20 TO 25 FEET IN HEIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL SETS RISING TO 30 FEET. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AND THE DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO EASE TUESDAY NIGHT. BEACHES...JETTIES...ROCKS...AND PIERS ON EXPOSED COASTLINE WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THESE CONDITIONS. LARGE WAVES CONTAIN TREMENDOUS FORCE AND CAN SWEEP INDIVIDUALS INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT WATER WHERE SURVIVAL IS UNLIKELY. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WAVES SUBSIDE. MINOR INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT VERY DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE...ALONG WITH DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. $$ CILIBERTI
000 WHUS46 KEKA 030227 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 627 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 CAZ001-002-031400- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0002.071203T0500Z-071205T1100Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 627 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFFSHORE WILL PASS JUST NORTHWEST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. WIND WAVES AND SWELL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE BREAKERS IN EXCESS OF 25 FEET OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SEAS WILL TRANSFORM TO VERY LARGE SWELL WAVES TUESDAY. DEEP WATER WAVES WILL PEAK AT 25 TO 30 FEET TUESDAY...WITH WAVE PERIODS AROUND 17 SECONDS. THESE POWERFUL SWELL WAVES WILL GENERATE BEACH BREAKERS OF 30 TO 35 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE ON TUESDAY. VENTURING TO THE BEACH UNDER THESE CONDITIONS IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. STRONG WATER RUN WILL HURL LARGE DEBRIS SUCH AS MASSIVE LOGS ON SHORE. JETTIES AND PIERS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. LARGE WAVES CAN EASILY OVER-WASH THESE STRUCTURES...SENDING ANYONE OR ANYTHING INTO LIFE THREATENING WATERS. $$ COLBY
000 WHUS46 KEKA 031130 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 330 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 CAZ001-002-040030- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071205T1100Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 330 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A VERY LARGE SWELL WILL PERSIST ALONG THE REDWOOD AND MENDOCINO COAST LINE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES WILL GENERATE BEACH BREAKERS NEAR 25 FEET TODAY...BUILDING TO 30 TO 35 FEET ON TUESDAY AS THE SWELL PEAKS. VENTURING TO THE BEACH UNDER THESE CONDITIONS IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. STRONG WATER RUN WILL HURL LARGE DEBRIS SUCH AS MASSIVE LOGS ON SHORE. JETTIES AND PIERS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. LARGE WAVES CAN EASILY OVER-WASH THESE STRUCTURES... SENDING ANYONE OR ANYTHING INTO LIFE THREATENING WATERS. $$
000 WHUS46 KEKA 032255 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 255 PM PST MON DEC 3 2007 CAZ001-002-041200- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071205T1100Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 255 PM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A VERY LARGE AND STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE REDWOOD AND MENDOCINO COASTLINE TONIGHT WITH BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE UP TO 25 FEET. LARGE SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS LATER TONIGHT...PEAKING NEAR 28 FEET AT 16 SECONDS ON TUESDAY. THESE POWERFUL WAVES WILL GENERATE BREAKERS OF 30 TO 35 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SWELL IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE BELOW 18 FEET LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BEACHES...JETTIES...AND ROCKS ON EXPOSED COASTLINES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THESE CONDITIONS. LARGE WAVES CONTAIN TREMENDOUS FORCE AND CAN SWEEP INDIVIDUALS INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT WATER WHERE SURVIVAL IS UNLIKELY. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WAVES SUBSIDE. $$ CILIBRETI
000 WHUS46 KEKA 032300 AAA CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 300 PM PST MON DEC 3 2007 CAZ001-002-041600- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071205T1100Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 300 PM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. VERY LARGE AND STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE REDWOOD AND MENDOCINO COASTLINE TONIGHT WITH BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE UP TO 25 FEET. LARGE SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS LATER TONIGHT...PEAKING NEAR 28 FEET AT 16 SECONDS ON TUESDAY. THESE POWERFUL WAVES WILL GENERATE BREAKERS OF 30 TO 35 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SWELL IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE BELOW 18 FEET LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BEACHES...JETTIES...AND ROCKS ON EXPOSED COASTLINES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THESE CONDITIONS. LARGE WAVES CONTAIN TREMENDOUS FORCE AND CAN SWEEP INDIVIDUALS INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT WATER WHERE SURVIVAL IS UNLIKELY. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WAVES SUBSIDE. $$
000 WHUS46 KEKA 041100 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 300 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2007 CAZ001-002-050215- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071205T1100Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 300 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. LARGE WEST SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS TODAY...PEAKING NEAR 27 FEET AT 17 SECONDS. THESE POWERFUL WAVES WILL GENERATE BREAKERS OF 30 TO 35 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE BY AFTERNOON. THE SWELL IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE BELOW 18 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BEACHES...JETTIES...AND ROCKS ON EXPOSED COASTLINES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THESE CONDITIONS. LARGE WAVES CONTAIN TREMENDOUS FORCE AND CAN SWEEP INDIVIDUALS INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT WATER WHERE SURVIVAL IS UNLIKELY. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WAVES SUBSIDE. $$
000 WHUS46 KEKA 042328 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 328 PM PST TUE DEC 4 2007 CAZ001-002-050800- /O.EXT.KEKA.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071205T0800Z/ REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 328 PM PST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. LARGE WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS. THE SWELL WILL BE 24 TO 26 FEET...THEN WILL SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 22 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE POWERFUL WAVES WILL GENERATE BREAKERS OF 28 TO 33 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE TONIGHT. THE SWELL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AND WILL BE BELOW 18 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. BEACHES...JETTIES...AND ROCKS ON EXPOSED COASTLINES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THESE CONDITIONS. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OBSERVE WAVES FROM EXPOSED COASTAL STRUCTURES OR ROCKS DURING HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. LARGE WAVES CONTAIN TREMENDOUS FORCE AND CAN SWEEP INDIVIDUALS INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT WATER WHERE SURVIVAL IS UNLIKELY. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WAVES SUBSIDE. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. $$
000 WHUS46 KEKA 050439 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 839 PM PST TUE DEC 4 2007 CAZ001-050900- /O.CAN.KEKA.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071205T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SU.Y.0007.071205T0439Z-071205T0900Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 839 PM PST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH SURF WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LARGE WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE SHORELINE OF THE REDWOOD COAST TONIGHT. DEEPWATER SWELL CURRENTLY AROUND 20 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO 16 TO 17 FEET AFTER 1 AM. BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE WELL ABOVE 20 FEET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE DEEP WATER SWELL WILL FURTHER SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 15 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE LARGE WAVES CONTAIN TREMENDOUS FORCE AND CAN QUICKLY SWEEP INDIVIDUALS INTO THE COLD AND TURBULENT WATER...WHERE SURVIVAL IS UNLIKELY. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE SURF ZONE. $$ CAZ002-050545- /O.CAN.KEKA.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071205T0800Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 839 PM PST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF WARNING. WESTERLY SWELL HAS DIMINISHED BELOW 18 FEET ALONG MOST OF THE MENDOCINO COAST. LARGE SWELL OF 15 TO 17 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COAST...RESULTING IN BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE AROUND 20 FEET. PEOPLE ARE STILL ADVISED TO REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE SURF ZONE...AS THESE LARGE WAVES CAN STILL RUSH UP THE BEACH AND SWEEP INDIVIDUALS INTO THE COLD AND TURBULENT WATER. $$ ST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 4:19 AM PST | High Wind Warning | EKA | 65 hr | |
| Dec 1, 4:53 AM PST | Snow Advisory | EKA | 29 hr |
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High Surf Warnings in California, 2007Every high surf warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.