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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Eureka, CA

November 25, 2016Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 25, 2016, 8:51 AM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Nov 25, 2016, 5:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2016, 8:51 AM PST (16:51 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 25, 2016, 5:00 PM PST
Expired
Nov 26, 2016, 1:00 AM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

198 
WWUS76 KEKA 251651
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
851 AM PST FRI NOV 25 2016

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS
EVENING....

CAZ102-104>106-260900-
/O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-161125T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0021.161126T0100Z-161126T0900Z/
DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-
NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-
851 AM PST FRI NOV 25 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST
SATURDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM
PST SATURDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO AROUND 50 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY
  SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ELEVATIONS AT OR ABOVE 2000 FEET IN DEL
  NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES...INCLUDING KNEELAND. 

* HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...199 AND 299. INCLUDES BERRY SUMMIT ON
  HIGHWAY 299 AND NEAR THE COLLIER TUNNEL ON HIGHWAY 199. 

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
024 
WWUS76 KEKA 260903
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
103 AM PST SAT NOV 26 2016

CAZ102-104>106-261015-
/O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161126T0900Z/
DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-
NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-
103 AM PST SAT NOV 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER RIDGETOP
LOCATIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS, BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

$$

SEC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 3:36 AM PSTGale WarningEKA23 hr
Nov 25, 3:36 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA4 days
Nov 25, 8:52 AM PSTFlood WatchEKADel Norte, Humboldt6 hr
Nov 25, 3:07 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.