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Freeze Warning 6, NWS Eureka, CA

November 8, 2012

NWS Eureka, CA issued this freeze warning at Nov 8, 2012, 10:15 PM PST. It took effect at Nov 9, 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
Nov 8, 2012, 10:15 PM PST (06:15 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 9, 2012, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 9, 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.

061 
WWUS76 KEKA 090615
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1015 PM PST THU NOV 8 2012

...COLD UPPER TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE NW CALIFORNIA...

.A COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS DIGGING INTO THE NW CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT BRINGING COLD RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO FALL THROUGHOUT NW CALIFORNIA AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DO SO OVERNIGHT AS CLEARING OCCURS BETWEEN SHOWERS.

CAZ003-091600-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0006.121109T0800Z-121109T1600Z/
NORTH COAST INTERIOR-
1015 PM PST THU NOV 8 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S
  AND LOW 30S BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR 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.

&&

$$

CAZ001-091600-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0019.121109T0800Z-121109T1600Z/
REDWOOD COAST-
1015 PM PST THU NOV 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE IN UPPER 30S ALREADY
  THIS EVENING AND WILL FALL INTO THE MID 30S BY EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...COASTAL DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. THE
  IMMEDIATE COAST IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOW
  40S.

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 FROST ADVISORY MEANS WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
661 
WWUS76 KEKA 091137
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
337 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012

CAZ001-091245-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FR.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121109T1600Z/
REDWOOD COAST-
337 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE FROST
ADVISORY. 

CLOUDS AND A LIGHT WIND HAVE CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA AND
TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S.

$$

CAZ003-091600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121109T1600Z/
NORTH COAST INTERIOR-
337 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S
  AND LOW 30S BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES
  WILL BE ABOVE 1500 FEET AND IN AREAS WHERE SKIES CLEAR.

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 10:15 PM PSTFrost AdvisoryEKA5 hr
Nov 9, 8:57 AM PSTFreeze WatchEKA6 hr
Nov 9, 3:18 PM PSTFrost AdvisoryEKA17 hr
Nov 9, 3:18 PM PSTFreeze WarningEKA16 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.