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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Eureka, CA

November 26, 2016Del Norte County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 26, 2016, 7:35 AM PST for Del Norte County, California. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 26, 2016, 7:35 AM PST (15:35 UTC)
Expired: Nov 26, 2016, 12:49 PM PST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA

County Del Norte County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

269 
WWUS76 KEKA 261535
NPWEKA

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

CAZ101-262100-
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0022.161126T1535Z-161126T2100Z/
COASTAL DEL NORTE-
735 AM PST SAT NOV 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND THEN
  DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CRESCENT CITY.

* HIGHWAY IMPACTED...101. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

097 
WWUS76 KEKA 262049
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1249 PM PST SAT NOV 26 2016


CAZ101-262200-
/O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-161126T2100Z/
COASTAL DEL NORTE-
1249 PM PST SAT NOV 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE WEST AND BECOMING GUSTY FOR A
SHORT TIME. WINDS WILL DIMINISH MID TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AFTER A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ONSHORE.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 26, 3:37 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	EKA		3 days

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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.