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High Surf Warning 2, NWS Eureka, CA

December 1, 2007

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
9 follow-up statements
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 4:19 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKA65 hr
Dec 1, 4:53 AM PSTSnow AdvisoryEKA29 hr

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Sources

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