Alert archive / California / Areal Flood Advisories in 2012

Areal Flood Advisory 3, NWS Eureka, CA

March 30, 2012Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this areal flood advisory at Mar 30, 2012, 5:11 PM PDT for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2012, 5:11 PM PDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2012, 10:33 AM PDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 418 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 00:00Z on 2012-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 00:00Z on 2012-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Mar 30, 4:06 PM PDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 4:06 PM PDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 3:54 PM PDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 12:38 PM PDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 9:48 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningEKA11 hr
Mar 31, 3:18 AM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryEKA20 hr
Mar 31, 2:46 PM PDTSpecial Marine WarningEKA29 min
Mar 31, 2:52 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningEKA24 hr
Mar 31, 2:52 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKADel Norte, Humboldt53 min
Mar 31, 3:14 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKADel Norte16 min
Mar 31, 3:20 PM PDTSpecial Marine WarningEKA40 min
Mar 31, 3:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt48 min
Mar 31, 3:30 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt, Mendocino60 min
Mar 31, 4:00 PM PDTSpecial Marine WarningEKA45 min
Mar 31, 4:23 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt37 min
Mar 31, 4:31 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAMendocino44 min
Mar 31, 4:38 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA52 min
Mar 31, 4:41 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt34 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in California, 2012Every areal flood advisory in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.