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Freeze Warning 12, NWS Eureka, CA

December 30, 2012

NWS Eureka, CA issued this freeze warning at Dec 30, 2012, 2:59 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 31, 2012, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 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 30, 2012, 2:59 PM PST (22:59 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 31, 2012, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 31, 2012, 8:00 AM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The text

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

709 
WWUS76 KEKA 302259
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
259 PM PST SUN DEC 30 2012

...ANOTHER COLD NIGHT FOR THE REDWOOD COAST...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN A MORE FAVORABLE POSITION FOR LIMITING
CLOUD COVER COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT. ALONG WITH CALM OR LIGHT
OFFSHORE WINDS THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL QUICKLY THIS
EVENING...REACHING BELOW THE FREEZING MARK ALONG MUCH OF THE
REDWOOD COAST BY MONDAY MORNING.

CAZ001-311200-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0012.121231T0800Z-121231T1600Z/
REDWOOD COAST-
259 PM PST SUN DEC 30 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM PST
MONDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S.

* LOCATIONS...COASTAL DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT
SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ADDITIONALLY...SENSITIVE POTTED PLANTS
NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
A LARGE AREA DURING THE GROWING SEASON.

$$
2 follow-up statements
221 
WWUS76 KEKA 310458
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
858 PM PST SUN DEC 30 2012

...ANOTHER COLD NIGHT FOR THE REDWOOD COAST...

.HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BRING CLEAR SKIES TO THE REDWOOD
COAST. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW AREAS OF FOG SKIES ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN CLEAR OVERNIGHT. VERY LIGHT TO CALM OFFSHORE WINDS WILL
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL QUICKLY THIS EVENING...REACHING BELOW
THE FREEZING MARK ALONG MUCH OF THE REDWOOD COAST BY MONDAY
MORNING.

CAZ001-311600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0012.121231T0800Z-121231T1600Z/
REDWOOD COAST-
858 PM PST SUN DEC 30 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
PST MONDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
PST MONDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S.

* LOCATIONS...COASTAL DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. CALM CLEAR
  VALLEYS WILL BE COLDEST AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT
SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ADDITIONALLY...SENSITIVE POTTED PLANTS
NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
A LARGE AREA DURING THE GROWING SEASON.

$$
179 
WWUS76 KEKA 311547
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
747 AM PST MON DEC 31 2012

CAZ001-311700-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FZ.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121231T1600Z/
REDWOOD COAST-
747 AM PST MON DEC 31 2012

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY WARM UP TO ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING.


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 2:50 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA54 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.