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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Eureka, CA

December 3, 2015

NWS Eureka, CA issued this high wind warning at Dec 3, 2015, 7:36 AM PST. It was in force for 5 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
Dec 3, 2015, 7:36 AM PST (15:36 UTC)
Expired
Dec 3, 2015, 12:11 PM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The text

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

748 
WWUS76 KEKA 031536
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
736 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015

...POTENT FRONT BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO NW CALIFORNIA THIS
MORNING...

CAZ001-003-032200-
/O.UPG.KEKA.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-151203T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.HW.W.0003.151203T1536Z-151203T2200Z/
REDWOOD COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-
736 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON... 

* WINDS...BELOW 1000 FT...SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ABOVE 1000 FT...SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45
  MPH AND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CRESCENT CITY...TRINIDAD...SHELTER COVE... 
  KNEELAND...RUTH...BRIDGEVILLE...AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. HIGHEST 
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXPOSED PEAKS...PASSES...AND SOUTH 
  FACING AREAS. 

* HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...36...96...101...199...AND 299. STRONG
  WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA/HAZARDS 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

CAZ002-076-032200-
/O.NEW.KEKA.HW.W.0003.151203T1536Z-151203T2200Z/
MENDOCINO COAST-MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
736 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...

* WINDS....BELOW 1000 FT...SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ABOVE 1000 FT...SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 45 MPH AND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...FORT BRAGG...UKIAH...WILLITS...AND EXPOSED
  LOCATIONS. HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXPOSED PEAKS...
  PASSES...AND SOUTH FACING AREAS. .

* HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...1...20...101...AND 128. STRONG WINDS WILL
  MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA/HAZARDS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
1 follow-up statement
186 
WWUS76 KEKA 032011
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1211 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015

CAZ001>003-076-032115-
/O.CAN.KEKA.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151203T2200Z/
REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-
MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
1211 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH
POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGH EXPOSED RIDGETOPS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 4:15 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEKA29 hr
Dec 3, 7:42 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt63 min
Dec 3, 11:14 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt31 min
Dec 3, 2:56 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA51 hr
Dec 3, 2:56 PM PSTHazardous Seas WarningEKA6 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.