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Hazardous Seas Warning 3, NWS Eureka, CA

February 26, 2011

NWS Eureka, CA issued this hazardous seas warning at Feb 26, 2011, 2:51 PM PST. It was in force for 12 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 26, 2011, 2:51 PM PST (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2011, 3:00 AM PST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

790 
WHUS76 KEKA 262251
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
251 PM PST SAT FEB 26 2011

PZZ470-475-271100-
/O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0003.110226T2251Z-110227T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110227T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
251 PM PST SAT FEB 26 2011

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT...WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND CAPE
  MENDOCINO. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* WAVES: HIGH WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL DOMINATE THE WATERS TONIGHT.
  HEIGHTS WILL REACH AS HIGH 13 FEET WITH A DOMINATE PERIOD OF 9
  SECONDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE 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.

&&

$$

PZZ450-455-270500-
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110227T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
251 PM PST SAT FEB 26 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS
EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT...WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND CAPE 
  MENDOCINO. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. 

* WAVES: STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS
  THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 9 FEET WITH A
  DOMINATE PERIOD TO 9 SECONDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
2 follow-up statements
128 
WHUS76 KEKA 270452
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
852 PM PST SAT FEB 26 2011

PZZ470-271100-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110227T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SW.Y.0003.110227T0500Z-110227T1100Z/
/O.CAN.KEKA.SC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110227T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0001.110227T0500Z-110227T0800Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
852 PM PST SAT FEB 26 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST
TONIGHT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST
TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT...EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WAVES: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL DOMINATE THE WATERS TONIGHT.
  HEIGHTS WILL REACH 9 FEET WITH A DOMINATE PERIOD OF 9 SECONDS. 


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.

&&

$$

PZZ450-455-270600-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110227T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
852 PM PST SAT FEB 26 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY. 


$$

PZZ475-271100-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110227T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110227T1100Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
852 PM PST SAT FEB 26 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST
SUNDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY.
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT...WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND CAPE
  MENDOCINO. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT.

* WAVES: HIGH WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL DOMINATE THE WATERS TONIGHT.
  HEIGHTS WILL REACH AS HIGH 11 FEET WITH A DOMINATE PERIOD OF 9
  SECONDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE 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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
089 
WHUS76 KEKA 271117
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
317 AM PST SUN FEB 27 2011

...STRONG GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

PZZ475-272330-
/O.EXP.KEKA.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110227T1100Z/
/O.EXP.KEKA.SC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110227T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0020.110228T0500Z-110302T2300Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
317 AM PST SUN FEB 27 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PST
WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE
  SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
  KT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A FRONT CROSSES THE WATERS.
  WINDS WILL QUICKLY EASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: STEEP SHORT PERIOD WAVES WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAKING NEAR 16 FT BY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE QUICKLY SUBSIDING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ470-272330-
/O.EXP.KEKA.SW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110227T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0020.110227T2300Z-110302T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
317 AM PST SUN FEB 27 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM
PST WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
  INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT TUESDAY INTO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A FRONT CROSSES THE WATERS. WINDS WILL
  QUICKLY EASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: STEEP SHORT PERIOD WAVES WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAKING NEAR 16 FT BY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE QUICKLY SUBSIDING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ450-272330-
/O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0020.110228T0200Z-110302T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
317 AM PST SUN FEB 27 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PST
WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
  THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 35
  KT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A FRONT CROSSES THE WATERS.
  WINDS WILL QUICKLY EASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: STEEP SHORT PERIOD WAVES WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAKING NEAR 10 FT BY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE QUICKLY SUBSIDING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ455-272330-
/O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0020.110228T0800Z-110302T2300Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
317 AM PST SUN FEB 27 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST
WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
  THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 40
  KT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A FRONT CROSSES THE WATERS.
  WINDS WILL QUICKLY EASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: STEEP SHORT PERIOD WAVES WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAKING NEAR 10 FT BY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE QUICKLY SUBSIDING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

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Sources

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