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Special Weather Statement, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2016, 3:09 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It was in force for 36 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
- May 6, 2016, 3:09 PM PDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2016, 3:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
County Trinity County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 6, 4:27 AM PDT, 10 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 4:27 AM PDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 8:54 AM PDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 854 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016 CAZ001-002-071600- REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST- 854 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE FROM THE INTERIOR TOWARD THE COAST BEFORE WEAKENING LATE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA. CAZ003-004-076-071600- NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 854 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH THE GREATEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 3:09 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA 309 PM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016 CAZ004-062245- UPPER TRINITY RIVER CA- 309 PM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL TRINITY COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM PDT... AT 308 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOUGLAS CITY...OR 10 MILES EAST OF HAYFORK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAYFORK AND PEANUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4063 12297 4050 12288 4040 12312 4059 12324 TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 066DEG 26KT 4056 12295 RPA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 5:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | 45 min | |
| May 6, 4:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Humboldt | 30 min |
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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.