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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 13, 2016, 7:21 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Dec 14, 2016, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2016, 7:21 PM PST (03:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2016, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2016, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 13 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 03:23 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 00:00Z, 3.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
239 WWUS76 KEKA 140321 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 721 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 CAZ104>106-150000- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0024.161214T1400Z-161215T0200Z/ SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 721 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...HWY 299 OVER BERRY SUMMIT. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
118 WWUS76 KEKA 141032 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 232 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 CAZ101-142345- /O.EXB.KEKA.WI.Y.0024.161214T1800Z-161215T0000Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE- 232 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CRESCENT CITY. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...HIGHWAY 101 ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF CRESCENT CITY. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ104>106-142345- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0024.161214T1400Z-161215T0200Z/ SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 232 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...HIGHWAY 299 OVER BERRY SUMMIT. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * 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. && $$
101 WWUS76 KEKA 142332 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 332 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 CAZ101-150045- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE- 332 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ CAZ104>106-150300- /O.EXT.KEKA.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-161215T0300Z/ SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 332 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...HIGHWAY 299 OVER BERRY SUMMIT. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * 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. && $$
872 WWUS76 KEKA 150309 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 709 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 CAZ104>106-150415- /O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-161215T0300Z/ SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 709 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT. $$ SEC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 8:46 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 6 hr | |
| Dec 14, 11:42 AM PST | Coastal Flood Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 78 min |
| Dec 14, 1:43 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | EKA | Del Norte | 3 hr |
| Dec 14, 1:57 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Del Norte | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:50 PM PST | River Flood Advisory | EKA | Mendocino | 39 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:15 PM PST | River Flood Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 44 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:15 PM PST | River Flood Warning | EKA | Humboldt | 49 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:15 PM PST | River Flood Warning | EKA | Humboldt | 24 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.