Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 24, 2008, 4:01 PM PST. It was in force for 26 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 24, 2008, 4:01 PM PST (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2008, 6:00 PM PST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS46 KEKA 250001 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 401 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORMS TO CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA... CAZ003-004-251315- /O.UPG.KEKA.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.WS.W.0002.081225T0001Z-081226T0000Z/ NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER- 401 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG AND COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT...DROPPING SNOW LEVELS TO NEAR 1500 FEET OR LOWER BY THURSDAY MORNING. TRINITY COUNTY WILL SEE SNOW AT THE VALLEY FLOORS IN MANY LOCATIONS. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED ABOVE 1500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH SOME AREAS PICKING UP 10 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE SNOW FLURRIES BELOW 1000 FT ON THURSDAY...BUT LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THOSE ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CAZ076-251315- /O.NEW.KEKA.WS.W.0002.081225T0001Z-081226T0000Z/ MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 401 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HEAVY SNOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A STRONG AND COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT...DROPPING SNOW LEVELS TO 3000 FEET TONIGHT AND 2000 FEET ON THURSDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF WILLITS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES WILL FALL DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...SO THAT ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CAZ001-251315- /O.NEW.KEKA.WW.Y.0007.081225T0600Z-081226T0000Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 401 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE LATE THIS EVENING. A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND SMALL HAIL...AND SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO NEAR 1000 FEET LATE TONIGHT WITH ONLY A DUSTING OF SNOW BY DAYBREAK. HEAVY SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE SNOW FLURRIES DOWN TO 500 FEET ON THURSDAY...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS OVER THE HILLS CLOSE TO 1000 FEET. THE LOCALIZED SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH HAIL SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 101...199...299 AND 36...SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING HEAVY SHOWERS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KEKA 251141 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 341 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORMS TO CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA... CAZ003-004-076-260045- /O.EXT.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T0400Z/ NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 341 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... A STRONG AND COLD STORM SYSTEM SLIDING DOWN THE OREGON COAST EARLY THIS MORNING AND INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA LATE TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SNOW LEVELS TO NEAR 1500 FEET OR LOWER BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ABOVE 1500 FEET ACROSS EASTERN HUMBOLDT...DEL NORTE...AND TRINITY COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MENDOCINO COUNTY ABOVE 2000 FEET... MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF WILLITS. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS...ESPECIALLY IN STRONGER SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 1500 FEET MAY SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED AREAS PICKING UP AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ON HIGHWAYS 101...199...299 AND 36 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CAZ001-260045- /O.EXT.KEKA.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0400Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 341 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... A STRONG AND COLD STORM SYSTEM SLIDING DOWN THE OREGON COAST EARLY THIS MORNING AND INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA LATE TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SNOW LEVELS TO NEAR 1500 FEET OR LOWER BY LATE THIS MORNING. A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEAR COASTAL HILLS AT ELEVATIONS NEAR 1000 FEET TODAY. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND SNOW FLURRIES DOWN TO COASTAL LOCATIONS...WITH POSSIBLE BRIEF ACCUMULATIONS OF HAIL. LOCALIZED SNOWFALL...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY SLICK AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND LOCALIZED LOW VISIBILITIES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 101...199...299...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY. $$
000 WWUS46 KEKA 260010 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 410 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA... CAZ003-004-076-260200- /O.EXT.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T0200Z/ NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 410 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. A COLD UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MOSTLY LIGHT...WITH AN INCH OR TWO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND ANOTHER INCH OR LESS OVERNIGHT. THE LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TO AREA ROADS. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ON HIGHWAYS 101...199...299 AND 36 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLICK ROAD SURFACES AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES. $$ CAZ001-260200- /O.EXT.KEKA.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0200Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 410 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. A COLD UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RAIN SHOWERS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO BE MIXED WITH SNOW OR SMALL HAIL. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NEAR AND NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LIGHT SNOW MAY FALL BETWEEN 500 TO 1000 FT IN THE HILLS...WITH ACCUMULATIONS LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING AREA BEACHES AND COASTAL BLUFFS. AVERAGE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 MPH BUT OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE OBSERVED IN A FEW LOCATIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. $$
000 WWUS46 KEKA 260148 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 548 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 CAZ003-004-076-260300- /O.EXP.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T0200Z/ NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 548 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... SHOWER COVERAGE IS DECREASING THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST. $$ CAZ001-260300- /O.EXP.KEKA.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0200Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 548 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... SHOWER COVERAGE IS DECREASING THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST. $$ LERMAN
000 WWUS46 KEKA 260149 CCA WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 548 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 CAZ003-004-076-260300- /O.EXP.KEKA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T0200Z/ NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 548 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... SHOWER COVERAGE IS DECREASING THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST. $$ CAZ001-260300- /O.EXP.KEKA.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0200Z/ REDWOOD COAST- 548 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... SHOWER COVERAGE IS DECREASING THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST. $$ LERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 4:01 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | EKA | 26 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.