Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 27, 2008, 6:34 PM PST. It was in force for 15 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 27, 2008, 6:34 PM PST (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2008, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS46 KEKA 280234 WSWEKA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 634 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 CAZ004-281800- /O.UPG.KEKA.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081228T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.WS.W.0003.081228T0234Z-081228T1800Z/ UPPER TRINITY RIVER- 634 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. RAIN AND SNOW HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT. SNOW LEVELS TONIGHT WILL BE 2500 FEET IN THE COLDER VALLEYS...BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET ON SUNDAY AND ABOVE 5000 FT SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ABOVE 5500 FEET THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 12 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ LERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 3:17 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Del Norte | 12 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:10 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Del Norte | 7 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:25 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 12 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.