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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Eureka, CA

March 17, 2012

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Mar 17, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 18, 2012, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT (22:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2012, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 18, 2012, 3:03 AM PDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The text

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

157 
WWUS76 KEKA 172200
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
300 PM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012

CAZ001-002-181100-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0004.120318T0800Z-120318T1500Z/
REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-
300 PM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* LOCATIONS: THE COASTAL AREAS OF HUMBOLDT...DEL NORTE AND
  MENDOCINO COUNTIES.
 
* IMPACTS: THE COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
627 
WWUS76 KEKA 180542
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1042 PM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012

CAZ001-002-181345-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0004.120318T0800Z-120318T1500Z/
REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-
1042 PM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY.

* TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOW 30S ACROSS DEL
  NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND MENDOCINO COUNTY COASTS TONIGHT INTO
  EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* THE COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
751 
WWUS76 KEKA 181003
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
303 AM PDT SUN MAR 18 2012

CAZ001-002-181115-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120318T1500Z/
REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-
303 AM PDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

DUE TO HIGHER WINDS AND MORE CLOUDS THAN EARLIER
ANTICIPATED...MORNING LOWS WILL ONLY FALL TO AROUND 40 DEGREES. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 5:47 PM PDTWind AdvisoryEKA5 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.