Alert archive / California / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 55, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this gale warning at Oct 25, 2016, 8:37 AM PDT. It took effect at Oct 25, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2016, 8:37 AM PDT (15:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 25, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2016, 3:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
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423 WHUS76 KEKA 251537 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 837 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2016 PZZ455-470-475-252345- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0100.000000T0000Z-161026T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0029.161026T0300Z-161026T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0055.161026T0300Z-161026T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 837 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...S 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE OUTER WATERS. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT. * WAVES...W 12 TO 16 FT AT 13 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... HIGHEST IN THE OUTER WATERS. STEEP SOUTHERLY WAVES WILL BUILD TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ PZZ450-252345- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0100.000000T0000Z-161027T0400Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 837 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...S 10 TO 20 KT GUSTING TO 30 KT THROUGH TUESDAY. * WAVES...W AT 13 FT EVERY 13 SECONDS THROUGH TUESDAY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
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035 WHUS76 KEKA 252243 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 343 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2016 PZZ455-470-475-260645- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0100.000000T0000Z-161026T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0055.161026T0300Z-161026T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 343 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SE TO S INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 KT IN THE N OUTER WATERS TONIGHT...OTHERWISE GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD S WAVES BUILDING TO 11 TO 14 FT OFFSHORE AND 7 TO 10 FT NEAR SHORE AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT. SHORT PERIOD WAVES SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ PZZ450-260645- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0100.000000T0000Z-161027T0400Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 343 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SE TO S INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR CAPE MENDOCINO AND 30 KT ELSEWHERE. WINDS DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD SW WAVES BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT. SHORT PERIOD WAVES SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
138 WHUS76 KEKA 260346 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 846 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2016 PZZ455-470-475-261200- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0055.000000T0000Z-161026T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 846 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SE TO S INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 KT IN THE N OUTER WATERS TONIGHT...OTHERWISE GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD S WAVES BUILDING TO 11 TO 14 FT OFFSHORE AND 7 TO 10 FT NEAR SHORE AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT. SHORT PERIOD WAVES SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ PZZ450-261200- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0100.000000T0000Z-161027T0400Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 846 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SE TO S INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR CAPE MENDOCINO AND 30 KT ELSEWHERE. WINDS DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD SW WAVES BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT. SHORT PERIOD WAVES SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
832 WHUS76 KEKA 260954 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 254 AM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 PZZ455-470-475-261800- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0055.000000T0000Z-161026T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 254 AM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... * WINDS...SE TO S INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 KT IN THE N OUTER WATERS TONIGHT...OTHERWISE GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD S WAVES BUILDING TO 11 TO 14 FT OFFSHORE AND 7 TO 10 FT NEAR SHORE AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT. SHORT PERIOD WAVES SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ PZZ450-261800- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0100.000000T0000Z-161027T0400Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 254 AM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SE TO S INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR CAPE MENDOCINO AND 30 KT ELSEWHERE. WINDS DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD SW WAVES BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT AT 9 SECONDS TONIGHT. SHORT PERIOD WAVES SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
802 WHUS76 KEKA 261550 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 850 AM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 PZZ455-470-475-262200- /O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0055.000000T0000Z-161026T2200Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 850 AM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...S WIND 15 TO 25 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 35 KT...DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. LESS WINDS IN AREAS SOUTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO. * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD S WAVES AROUND 12 FT AT AROUND 9 SECONDS...ALONG WITH WESTERLY SWELL OF 4 TO 5 FEET. LOWER SEAS SOUTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AND CHAOTIC THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE SUBSIDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. $$ PZZ450-270000- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0100.000000T0000Z-161027T0400Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 850 AM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...S WIND AROUND 15 TO 20 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KT. STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CAPE MENDOCINO. WINDS WILL DIMININISH THROUGH TONIGHT. * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD SW WAVES 8 TO 11 FT AT AROUND 9 TO 10 SECONDS THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH 4 TO 5 FT WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC. SEAS WILL BE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
012 WHUS76 KEKA 262208 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 308 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 PZZ455-470-475-270400- /O.EXP.KEKA.GL.W.0055.000000T0000Z-161026T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0101.161026T2208Z-161027T0400Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 308 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * WINDS...S 10 TO 20 KT. * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD S WAVES AROUND 8 FT AT 9 SECONDS...ALONG WITH NW SWELL OF 5 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ PZZ450-270400- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0100.000000T0000Z-161027T0400Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 308 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING... * WAVES...SHORT PERIOD SW WAVES AROUND 8 FT AT 9 SECONDS...ALONG WITH NW SWELL OF 5 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
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