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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 14, 2017, 6:04 AM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Jan 14, 2017, 9:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2017, 6:04 AM PST (14:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2017, 9:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2017, 9:00 PM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:10 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
938 WHUS46 KEKA 141404 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 604 AM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-150000- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0001.170115T0500Z-170116T0500Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 604 AM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ON W AND NW FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES. $$
5 follow-up statements
038 WHUS46 KEKA 142213 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 213 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-150730- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.170115T0500Z-170116T0500Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 213 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ON W AND NW FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES. $$
375 WHUS46 KEKA 150546 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 946 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-151400- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T0500Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 946 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ON W AND NW FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES. $$
618 WHUS46 KEKA 151254 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 454 AM PST SUN JAN 15 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-152330- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T0500Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 454 AM PST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ON W AND NW FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES. $$
840 WHUS46 KEKA 152312 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 312 PM PST SUN JAN 15 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-160500- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T0500Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 312 PM PST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ON W AND NW FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...SNEAKER WAVES HAVE BEEN DETECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN NEAR SHORE BUOYS. SNEAKER WAVE POTENTIAL WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES. STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY WITH GREATER WAVE RUN UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES. $$
783 WHUS46 KEKA 160453 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 853 PM PST SUN JAN 15 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-160600- /O.EXP.KEKA.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T0500Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 853 PM PST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE THREAT FOR SNEAKER WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT. $$
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in California, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017
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.