Alert archive / California / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 50, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this gale warning at Feb 22, 2009, 2:41 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 22, 2009, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 7 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
- Feb 22, 2009, 2:41 AM PST (10:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2009, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2009, 10:36 AM PST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WHUS76 KEKA 221041 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 241 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 PZZ470-230000- /O.UPG.KEKA.SI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090224T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0051.090223T2000Z-090224T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090224T1200Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 241 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM PST MONDAY... BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GENERATE STEEP WIND WAVES OVER THE WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL RAMP UP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEARS THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. LARGE AND STEEP WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH FRESH SOUTHERLY SWELL AND GENERATE HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ475-230000- /O.UPG.KEKA.SI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090224T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0050.090222T1200Z-090222T1900Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090224T1200Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 241 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... BUOY AND SHIP OBSERVATIONS ARE REPORTING GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL EASE BY THE AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LARGE AND STEEP WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH FRESH SOUTHERLY SWELL AND GENERATE HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ450-230000- /O.EXT.KEKA.SI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090224T1100Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090224T1100Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 241 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ455-230000- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090223T2300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090224T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 241 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
921 WHUS76 KEKA 221649 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 849 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 PZZ470-222300- /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090224T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0051.090223T2000Z-090224T0300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 849 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM PST MONDAY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ475-222300- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-090222T1900Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090224T1200Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 849 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ450-222300- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090224T1100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090224T1100Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 849 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. $$ PZZ455-222300- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090223T2300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090224T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 849 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST TUESDAY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. $$
644 WHUS76 KEKA 221836 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1036 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 PZZ475-222300- /O.CAN.KEKA.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-090222T1900Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090224T1200Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 1036 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELED... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ470-222300- /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090224T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0051.090223T2000Z-090224T0300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 1036 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM PST MONDAY... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ450-222300- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090224T1100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090224T1100Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 1036 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. $$ PZZ455-222300- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090223T2300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090224T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 1036 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:41 AM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 36 hr |
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Sources
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