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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 2, 2016, 10:45 AM PDT for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Nov 2, 2016, 4:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2016, 10:45 AM PDT (17:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2016, 4:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
884 WHUS46 KEKA 021745 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1045 AM PDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...A LARGE WESTERLY SWELL WILL BRING A SNEAKER WAVE THREAT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... CAZ101-103-104-030145- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0001.161102T2300Z-161103T1800Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- 1045 AM PDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...COASTAL BEACHES OF DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING THURSDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE SURF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACK ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES... && $$ CAZ109-030145- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0001.161103T1200Z-161103T1800Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 1045 AM PDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...COASTAL BEACHES OF MENDOCINO COUNTY. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE THURSDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE SURF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACK ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES... && $$
3 follow-up statements
760 WHUS46 KEKA 030138 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 638 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...A LARGE WESTERLY SWELL WILL BRING A SNEAKER WAVE THREAT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... CAZ101-103-104-030945- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-161103T1800Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- 638 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...COASTAL BEACHES OF DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE SURF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACK ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES... && $$ CAZ109-030945- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.161103T1200Z-161103T1800Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 638 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM PDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...COASTAL BEACHES OF MENDOCINO COUNTY. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE THURSDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE SURF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACK ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES... && $$
665 WHUS46 KEKA 030916 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 216 AM PDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...A LARGE WESTERLY SWELL WILL BRING A SNEAKER WAVE THREAT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... CAZ101-103-104-031800- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-161103T1800Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- 216 AM PDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...COASTAL BEACHES OF DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH LARGE SURF BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES. $$ CAZ109-031800- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.161103T1200Z-161103T1800Z/ MENDOCINO COAST- 216 AM PDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...COASTAL BEACHES OF MENDOCINO COUNTY. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE THIS MORNING... WITH LARGE SURF BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES. $$
109 WHUS46 KEKA 031811 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1111 AM PDT THU NOV 3 2016 CAZ101-103-104-109-031915- /O.EXP.KEKA.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-161103T1800Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 1111 AM PDT THU NOV 3 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 9:57 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | EKA | Trinity | 10 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016
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.