Alert archive / California / Gale Watches in 2012
Gale Watch 35, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this gale watch at Dec 2, 2012, 3:04 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 3, 2012, 9:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2012, 3:04 AM PST (11:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2012, 9:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2012, 2:58 AM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
287 WHUS76 KEKA 021104 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 304 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...NEAR GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING NEAR GALE CONDITIONS TO MOST OF THE WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PZZ450-470-475-021915- /O.EXP.KEKA.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-121202T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0087.121202T1104Z-121202T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 304 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 25 KT...EASING THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH. * SEAS...11 TO 14 FT TODAY...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 10 TONIGHT AND THEN 6 TO 8 FT BY MONDAY. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO NEAR 10 TO 13 FT WITHIN 10 NM AND 13 TO 17 FT BEYOND 10 NM BY TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH. 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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ455-021915- /O.EXP.KEKA.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-121202T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0087.121202T1104Z-121202T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 304 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 KT...EASING THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT GUSTS UP TO 35 KT AROUND PT ARENA EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH. * SEAS...11 TO 13 FT TODAY...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 10 TONIGHT AND THEN 6 TO 8 FT BY MONDAY. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO NEAR 10 TO 12 FT BY TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
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416 WHUS76 KEKA 021641 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 841 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...NEAR GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING NEAR GALE CONDITIONS TO MOST OF THE WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PZZ450-470-475-030000- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-121202T2300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 841 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 25 KT...EASING THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH. * SEAS...11 TO 14 FT TODAY...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 10 TONIGHT AND THEN 6 TO 8 FT BY MONDAY. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO NEAR 10 TO 13 FT WITHIN 10 NM AND 13 TO 17 FT BEYOND 10 NM BY TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH. 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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ455-022300- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-121202T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 841 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 KT...EASING THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT GUSTS UP TO 30 KT AROUND PT ARENA THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * SEAS...11 TO 13 FT TODAY...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 10 TONIGHT AND THEN 6 TO 8 FT BY MONDAY. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL BUILD TO NEAR 10 TO 12 FT BY TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
333 WHUS76 KEKA 022311 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 311 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...NEAR GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING NEAR GALE CONDITIONS TO MOST OF THE WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PZZ450-470-475-030715- /O.EXP.KEKA.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-121202T2300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 311 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...EASING THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * SEAS...9 TO 11 FT...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 10 TONIGHT AND THEN 6 TO 8 FT BY MONDAY. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO NEAR 10 TO 12 FT WITHIN 10 NM AND 13 TO 15 FT BEYOND 10 NM BY TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ455-030715- /O.EXP.KEKA.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-121202T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 311 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 KT...EASING THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * SEAS...9 TO 11 FT...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 10 TONIGHT AND THEN 6 TO 8 FT BY MONDAY. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO NEAR 9 TO 11 FT WITHIN 10 NM BY TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
597 WHUS76 KEKA 030117 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 517 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...NEAR GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING NEAR GALE CONDITIONS TO MOST OF THE WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PZZ450-455-470-475-030930- /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.121203T0117Z-121203T0500Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 517 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...EASING THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * SEAS...9 TO 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT BY MONDAY. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO NEAR 10 TO 12 FT WITHIN 10 NM AND 13 TO 15 FT BEYOND 10 NM BY TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
724 WHUS76 KEKA 030453 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 853 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...NEAR GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING NEAR GALE CONDITIONS TO MOST OF THE WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PZZ450-455-470-475-031300- /O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-121203T1100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 853 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KT...EASING THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * SEAS...9 TO 12 FT...SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 9 FT MONDAY. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ABOUT 10 TO 15 FT TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
741 WHUS76 KEKA 031058 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING GALE CONDITIONS TO MOST OF THE WATERS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL STORM FORCE GUSTS AND STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS APPROACHING 20 FEET ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO WITH THIS STORM. PZZ450-031900- /O.CAN.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-121203T1100Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0051.121204T0800Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0089.121204T0500Z-121204T0800Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 KT TONIGHT AROUND PT ST GEORGE. WINDS WILL EASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...7 TO 9 FT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ABOUT 12 TO 15 FT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HIGHEST WAVES AROUND PT ST GEORGE. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PZZ475-031900- /O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-121203T1700Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0051.121204T0800Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0089.121203T2300Z-121204T0800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KT...EASING THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * SEAS...9 TO 12 FT...SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 9 FT MONDAY. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ABOUT 10 TO 15 FT TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ470-031900- /O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-121204T0500Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0051.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 KT TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION. WINDS WILL EASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...8 TO 10 FT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ABOUT 15 TO 20 FT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HIGHEST WAVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PZZ455-031900- /O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-121203T1700Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0089.121204T0500Z-121205T0500Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PST TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION. WINDS WILL EASE LATE TUESDAY. * SEAS...9 TO 11 FT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ABOUT 12 TO 15 FT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HIGHEST WAVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
703 WHUS76 KEKA 031118 CCA MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING GALE CONDITIONS TO MOST OF THE WATERS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL STORM FORCE GUSTS AND STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS APPROACHING 20 FEET ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO WITH THIS STORM. PZZ450-031900- /O.CAN.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-121203T1100Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0051.121204T0800Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0089.121204T0500Z-121204T0800Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 KT TONIGHT AROUND PT ST GEORGE. WINDS WILL EASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...7 TO 9 FT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ABOUT 12 TO 15 FT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HIGHEST WAVES AROUND PT ST GEORGE. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PZZ475-031900- /O.COR.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-121203T1700Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.COR.KEKA.GL.W.0051.121204T0800Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.COR.KEKA.SC.Y.0089.121203T2300Z-121204T0800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION. WINDS WILL EASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...9 TO 11 FT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ABOUT 12 TO 15 FT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HIGHEST WAVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ470-031900- /O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-121204T0500Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0051.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 KT TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION. WINDS WILL EASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...8 TO 10 FT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ABOUT 15 TO 20 FT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HIGHEST WAVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PZZ455-031900- /O.COR.KEKA.SC.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-121203T1700Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0035.121204T0500Z-121204T2300Z/ /O.COR.KEKA.SC.Y.0089.121204T0500Z-121205T0500Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 258 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PST TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TONIGHT AROUND CAPE MENDOCINO. WINDS WILL EASE LATE TUESDAY. * SEAS...9 TO 11 FT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ABOUT 12 TO 15 FT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HIGHEST WAVES AROUND CAPE MENDOCINO. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Dec 1, 3:31 PM PST, 11 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 3:31 PM PST, 11 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 331 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. THIS STORM WILL BRING SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM BRINGS MORE RAINS NEXT TUESDAY. && .DISCUSSION...SAT IMAGERY SHOWS COOLING CLOUD TOPS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. PRECIP CHCS/INTENSITIES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH MDT TO HVY PRECIP EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A 70-80 KT LL JET AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ENHANCE RAIN ACROSS S-SW EXPOSURES. MODELED SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW 50KT AROUND 1500 FT SO CONTINUED THE HIGH WIND WARNING ACROSS THE INTERIOR ALONG WITH A WIND ADVISORY ALONG THE REDWOOD COAST. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND MDT TO HVY PRECIP WILL PEAK DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND BEGIN TO EASE FROM N TO S SUNDAY MORNING. AS THE SYSTEM SHIFTS S...WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE MENDO COAST. EXPECT A FEW GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH NEAR PT ARENA ALONG THE MENDO COAST AS THE STORM MOVES INLAND OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...AREAL AND TEMPORAL COVERAGE DO NOT WARRANT A WIND ADVISORY ATTM. PRECIP WILL TRANSITION TO SHOWERS LATE SUN MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INLAND. COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND THE TROUGH RESULTING IN SNOW LEVELS QUICKLY FALLING FROM AROUND 7-8KFT TO AROUND 4000-4500FT SUN AFTERNOON/EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-4 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 4500 FT SUN AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SHOWERS DIMINISH. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGING/ZONAL DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION BY EARLY MONDAY. PRECIP CHCS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH MON...BUT KEPT MENTION OF ISOLD/SCT SHRA ACROSS NRN PORTIONS OF CWA AS MOIST ONSHORE FLOW PERSISTS. THE BREAK IN PRECIP WILL BE BRIEF AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. RAIN WILL INCREASE EARLY TUE AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUE NIGHT WITH ANOTHER 1-3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ANTICIPATED. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO AROUND 7-8KFT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM SO NO WINTER WX IMPACTS EXPECTED ATTM. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPING OVER THE E PAC/PAC NW LATE NEXT WEEK/WEEKEND...SO TRENDED POPS DOWN FROM CLIMO THROUGH THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION...VFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING AT KCEC, KACV AND KUKI THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND PRODUCING SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES. THE CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS TO MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS WITH TEMPORARY LIFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. && .MARINE...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE ACROSS MOST OF THE WATERS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT OVER THE OUTER WATERS AND THE NORTHERN NEAR SHORE WATERS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEAR SHORE WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WEAK RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY AND THE WINDS WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO NEXT WEEK. && .HYDROLOGY...SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT RAINS COMBINED WITH MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAKE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING LIKELY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT RISES EXPECTED ON ALL MAINSTEM RIVERS WITH THE NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO...RUSSIAN RIVER AT HOPLAND...THE EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE...AND THE VAN DUZEN RIVER NEAR BRIDGEVILLE EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY. && .EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR THE CAZ003. FLOOD WATCH FROM 8 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING CAZ001>004-076. WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SUNDAY CAZ001. GALE WARNING UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY PZZ450-470-475. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM PST SUNDAY PZZ455. && VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AT: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.EUREKA.GOV HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSEUREKA
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 5:13 PM PST, 9 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 513 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...POTENT PACIFIC FRONT TO BRING WINDS AND RAIN TONIGHT... A STRONG PACIFIC FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE COASTAL AREAS OF NW CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS AS WELL...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS MAINLY REMAINING AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE ABOUT 2000 FT. GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN VALLEY LOCATIONS AS WELL...BUT SHOULD REMAIN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THOSE ALONG RIDGES AND OVER PASSES. ALONG WITH THE WINDS WILL COME COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN...LEADING TO POTENTIAL LAND AND ROCK SLIDES AND DOWNED TREES. THESE TYPES OF CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE TRAVEL PLANS AROUND THE WEATHER FORECAST. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 1 800 GAS ROAD. CAZ003-030115- NORTH COAST INTERIOR- 513 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA. FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA. CAZ001-030115- REDWOOD COAST- 513 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA. FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA. CAZ002-030115- MENDOCINO COAST- 513 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA. FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA. CAZ004-076-030115- UPPER TRINITY RIVER-MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 513 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA. FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 1, 10:30 PM PST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1030 PM PST SAT DEC 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM DEBRIS FLOW 4 SSE HOOPA 41.00N 123.64W
12/01/2012 HUMBOLDT CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHP REPORTS ROCK OR MUD SLIDE COVERING ONE LANE ON
HIGHWAY 96 BETWEEN WILLOW CREEK AND HOOPA.
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RPAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 7:11 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 12 hr |
| Dec 1, 8:44 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 10 hr |
| Dec 1, 8:49 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 10 hr |
| Dec 1, 11:42 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity | 8 hr |
| Dec 1, 11:47 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Mendocino | 12 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:04 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Dec 2, 6:52 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 6:56 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 6:58 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 9:40 AM PST | River Flood Warning | EKA | Humboldt | 5 hr |
| Dec 2, 10:45 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 4 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:46 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 3 hr |
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