Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012

Wind Advisory 7, NWS Eureka, CA

March 16, 2012

NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2012, 5:47 PM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2012, 5:47 PM PDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2012, 10:53 PM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The text

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

856 
WWUS76 KEKA 170047
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
547 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING TOWARD DEL NORTE COUNTY...

.AN AREA OF DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING TOWARD DEL NORTE
COUNTY THIS EVENING. AS THE FIRST BAND MOVES THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY. THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW WILL
MOVE THROUGH WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS OF THE FIRST BAND AND WILL
CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ONCE AGAIN.

CAZ001-003-004-170600-
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0007.120317T0047Z-120317T0600Z/
REDWOOD COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
547 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING.

* WHAT...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS LOCALLY TO 50 MPH AS A
  DEEPENING LOW MOVES ACROSS NW CALIFORNIA. HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE
  ACROSS DEL NORTE COUNTY.

* WHEN...HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING FROM AROUND 6PM
  TO 11PM.

* WHERE...THE MAIN CORE OF THE WINDS WILL BE FROM TRINIDAD HEAD
  NORTHWARD...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS EXPECTED IN DEL NORTE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
821 
WWUS76 KEKA 170553
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1053 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012

CAZ001-003-004-170700-
/O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120317T0600Z/
REDWOOD COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
1053 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 3:00 PM PDTFrost AdvisoryEKA12 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in California, 2012Every wind 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.