Alert archive / California / High Surf Warnings in 2008
High Surf Warning 2, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this high surf warning at Dec 12, 2008, 2:52 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 16 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 12, 2008, 2:52 PM PST (22:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2008, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2008, 1:46 AM PST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS46 KEKA 122252 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 252 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...LARGE SHORT PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL EXPECTED TO HIT THIS WEEKEND... CAZ001-131200- /O.NEW.KEKA.SU.W.0002.081213T1800Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SU.Y.0006.081213T1200Z-081213T1800Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 252 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND AND BRING LARGE SEAS TO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO NEAR 26 FT SATURDAY NIGHT...AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. SHORT PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL REACH THE SHORES OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY. BREAKER HEIGHTS NEAR 30 FEET WILL BY POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. INDIVIDUALS HEADING TO AREA BEACHES SHOULD STAY FAR BACK FROM THE SURF AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE TURBULENT AND COLD WATERS. AVOID JETTIES AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING 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. $$ CAZ002-131200- /O.NEW.KEKA.SU.W.0002.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KEKA.SU.Y.0006.081213T1200Z-081214T0000Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 252 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND AND BRING LARGE SEAS TO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 18 TO 22 FT BY SATURDAY EVENING...AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. SHORT PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL REACH THE SHORES OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY. BREAKER HEIGHTS NEAR 30 FEET WILL BY POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALONG NW AND WNW FACING BEACHES. INDIVIDUALS HEADING TO AREA BEACHES SHOULD STAY FAR BACK FROM THE SURF AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE TURBULENT AND COLD WATERS. AVOID JETTIES AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WHUS46 KEKA 131100 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 300 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...LARGE SHORT PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL EXPECTED TO HIT THIS WEEKEND... CAZ001-141145- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0002.081213T1800Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0006.081213T1200Z-081213T1800Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 300 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND AND BRING LARGE SEAS TO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO NEAR 26 FT SATURDAY NIGHT...AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. SHORT PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL REACH THE SHORES OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY. BREAKER HEIGHTS NEAR 30 FEET WILL BY POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. INDIVIDUALS HEADING TO AREA BEACHES SHOULD STAY FAR BACK FROM THE SURF AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE TURBULENT AND COLD WATERS. AVOID JETTIES AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING 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. $$ CAZ002-141145- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.W.0002.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0006.081213T1200Z-081214T0000Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 300 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND AND BRING LARGE SEAS TO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 18 TO 22 FT BY SATURDAY EVENING...AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. SHORT PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL REACH THE SHORES OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY. BREAKER HEIGHTS NEAR 30 FEET WILL BY POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALONG NW AND WNW FACING BEACHES. INDIVIDUALS HEADING TO AREA BEACHES SHOULD STAY FAR BACK FROM THE SURF AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE TURBULENT AND COLD WATERS. AVOID JETTIES AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. $$
000 WHUS46 KEKA 132326 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 326 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 CAZ002-142100- /O.CAN.KEKA.SU.W.0002.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-081214T2100Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 326 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REPLACED BY HIGH SURF ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY... LARGE SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING...BUILDING SEAS TO 18 TO 22 FT. BREAKER HEIGHTS IN EXCESS OF 25 FEET WILL BY POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALONG NW AND WNW FACING BEACHES. INDIVIDUALS HEADING TO AREA BEACHES SHOULD STAY FAR BACK FROM THE SURF AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE TURBULENT AND COLD WATERS. AVOID JETTIES AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ CAZ001-141200- /O.EXT.KEKA.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 326 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... LARGE SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING...PRODUCING SEAS OF 20 TO 23 FT. BREAKER HEIGHTS NEAR 30 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. INDIVIDUALS HEADING TO AREA BEACHES SHOULD STAY FAR BACK FROM THE SURF AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE TURBULENT AND COLD WATERS. AVOID JETTIES AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. $$ LERMAN
000 WHUS46 KEKA 140946 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 146 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 CAZ001-142100- /O.CAN.KEKA.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KEKA.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-081214T2100Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 146 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH SURF WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. BREAKER HEIGHTS AROUND 22 FT WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THIS MORNING. INDIVIDUALS HEADING TO AREA BEACHES SHOULD STAY FAR BACK FROM THE SURF AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE TURBULENT AND COLD WATERS. AVOID JETTIES AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ CAZ002-142100- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-081214T2100Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 146 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. BREAKER HEIGHTS AROUND 22 FT WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THIS MORNING. INDIVIDUALS HEADING TO AREA BEACHES SHOULD STAY FAR BACK FROM THE SURF AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE TURBULENT AND COLD WATERS. AVOID JETTIES AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 3:34 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | EKA | 60 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:34 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | EKA | 46 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:34 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | EKA | 22 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:34 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | EKA | 22 hr | |
| Dec 12, 4:16 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | 57 hr | |
| Dec 12, 2:22 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | EKA | 25 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.