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Areal Flood Advisory 4, NWS Eureka, CA

January 17, 2016Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this areal flood advisory at Jan 17, 2016, 7:25 AM PST for Mendocino County, California. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2016, 7:25 AM PST (15:25 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2016, 9:33 PM PST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mendocino County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jan 17, 4:58 AM PST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 4:58 AM PST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 5:34 AM PST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 5:18 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt	3 hr
Jan 17, 5:21 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Humboldt	3 hr
Jan 17, 5:56 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Humboldt, Trinity	3 hr
Jan 17, 8:11 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Del Norte	13 hr
Jan 17, 8:19 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Humboldt	13 hr
Jan 17, 8:58 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	EKA		12 hr
Jan 17, 8:58 AM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	EKA		12 hr
Jan 17, 8:59 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Trinity	12 hr
Jan 17, 9:30 AM PST	River Flood Warning	EKA	Humboldt	39 hr
Jan 17, 9:30 AM PST	River Flood Warning	EKA	Humboldt	18 hr
Jan 17, 9:30 AM PST	River Flood Warning	EKA	Mendocino	28 hr
Jan 17, 9:30 AM PST	River Flood Warning	EKA	Mendocino	29 hr
Jan 17, 11:41 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Mendocino	13 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.