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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Eureka, CA

July 26, 2013Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2013, 7:19 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2013, 7:19 PM PDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2013, 7:45 PM PDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2013-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 381 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2013-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

616 
WUUS56 KEKA 270219
SVREKA
CAC105-270245-
/O.NEW.KEKA.SV.W.0005.130727T0219Z-130727T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
719 PM PDT FRI JUL 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TRINITY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM PDT

* AT 710 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARRVILLE...OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  WEAVERVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARRVILLE BY 730 PM PDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY 
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4106 12257 4096 12272 4101 12280 4111 12267
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 211DEG 3KT 4104 12269

$$

JT
1 follow-up statement
964 
WWUS56 KEKA 270243
SVSEKA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
743 PM PDT FRI JUL 26 2013

CAC105-270250-
/O.EXP.KEKA.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130727T0245Z/
TRINITY CA-
743 PM PDT FRI JUL 26 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN TRINITY 
COUNTY...

A STRONG STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND 1/2 TO 
3/4 INCH HAIL AROUND THE CARVILLE AREA. THIS STORM SHOULD DIMINISH 
DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 

LAT...LON 4106 12257 4096 12272 4101 12280 4111 12267
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 211DEG 3KT 4106 12268

$$

TONKIN

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.