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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 25, 2017, 10:35 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Jan 26, 2017, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2017, 10:35 PM PST (06:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2017, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2017, 3:51 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 06:32 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, 6.6 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
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
330 WHUS46 KEKA 260635 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1035 PM PST WED JAN 25 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-261445- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0002.170127T0000Z-170128T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170127T0000Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 1035 PM PST WED JAN 25 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNEAKER WAVE...A SNEAKER WAVE THREAT WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE FORERUNNERS OF A LARGE SWELL MOVE INTO THE AREA. THERE MAY BE LULLS BETWEEN HIGHER WAVES. SNEAKER WAVE POTENTIAL WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING AS HIGH SURF CONDITIONS DEVELOP. THE SNEAKER WAVE THREAT WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN DURING FRIDAY AS THE LONG PERIOD SWELL LINGERS OFFSHORE. * HIGH SURF...BREAKING WAVES AT AROUND 20 TO 24 FEET ALONG WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY DAYTIME. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE COAST WILL LEAD TO INCREASED WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WITH WAVES TOPPING AND WASHING OVER LARGE ROCKS AND JETTIES. USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE SURF ZONE AS THESE LARGE WAVES WILL BE CAPABLE OF SWEEPING PEOPLE INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT OCEAN WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$
6 follow-up statements
018 WHUS46 KEKA 261251 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 451 AM PST THU JAN 26 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-262100- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170127T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0002.170127T0000Z-170128T0000Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 451 AM PST THU JAN 26 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH SURF...BREAKING WAVES AT AROUND 20 TO 24 FEET ALONG WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNEAKER WAVE...THE SNEAKER WAVE THREAT WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS THE LONG PERIOD SWELL LINGERS OFFSHORE. THERE MAY BE LULLS BETWEEN HIGHER WAVES. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE COAST WILL LEAD TO INCREASED WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WITH WAVES TOPPING AND WASHING OVER LARGE ROCKS AND JETTIES. USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE SURF ZONE AS THESE LARGE WAVES WILL BE CAPABLE OF SWEEPING PEOPLE INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT OCEAN WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$
081 WHUS46 KEKA 262058 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1258 PM PST THU JAN 26 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-270500- /O.CON.KEKA.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170127T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0002.170127T0000Z-170128T0000Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 1258 PM PST THU JAN 26 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH SURF...BREAKING WAVES AT AROUND 20 TO 24 FEET ALONG WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNEAKER WAVES...THE SNEAKER WAVE THREAT WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS THE LONG PERIOD SWELL LINGERS OFFSHORE. THERE MAY BE LULLS BETWEEN HIGHER WAVES. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE COAST WILL LEAD TO INCREASED WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WITH WAVES TOPPING AND WASHING OVER LARGE ROCKS AND JETTIES. USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE SURF ZONE AS THESE LARGE WAVES WILL BE CAPABLE OF SWEEPING PEOPLE INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT OCEAN WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$
996 WHUS46 KEKA 270445 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 845 PM PST THU JAN 26 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-271245- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170128T0000Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 845 PM PST THU JAN 26 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH SURF...BREAKING WAVES AT AROUND 20 TO 24 FEET ALONG WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNEAKER WAVES...THE SNEAKER WAVE THREAT WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS THE LONG PERIOD SWELL LINGERS OFFSHORE. THERE MAY BE LULLS BETWEEN HIGHER WAVES. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE COAST WILL LEAD TO INCREASED WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WITH WAVES TOPPING AND WASHING OVER LARGE ROCKS AND JETTIES. USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE SURF ZONE AS THESE LARGE WAVES WILL BE CAPABLE OF SWEEPING PEOPLE INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT OCEAN WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$
180 WHUS46 KEKA 271215 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 415 AM PST FRI JAN 27 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-272015- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170128T0000Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 415 AM PST FRI JAN 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNEAKER WAVES...THE SNEAKER WAVE THREAT WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AS THE LONG PERIOD SWELL LINGERS THROUGHOUT THE WATERS. * IMPACTS...LONG LULLS WITH COMPARATIVELY SMALL WAVES ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP BETWEEN SETS OF LARGER WAVES. THESE LULLS MAY LAST SEVERAL MINUTES...GIVING BEACHGOERS A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF LARGER WAVES THAT WASH FARTHER ONTO THE BEACH THAN EXPECTED. THESE WAVES CAN EASILY WASH BEACHGOERS INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BEACHGOERS ARE ADVISED TO OBSERVE THE OCEAN FROM A SAFE DISTANCE...AND ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO THE WAVES WHEN VENTURING CLOSE TO THE SURF ZONE. $$
638 WHUS46 KEKA 271954 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1154 AM PST FRI JAN 27 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-280000- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170128T0000Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 1154 AM PST FRI JAN 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... * SNEAKER WAVES...THE SNEAKER WAVE THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE LONG PERIOD SWELL LINGERS. * IMPACTS...LONG LULLS WITH COMPARATIVELY SMALL WAVES ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP BETWEEN SETS OF LARGER WAVES. THESE LULLS MAY LAST SEVERAL MINUTES...GIVING BEACHGOERS A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF LARGER WAVES THAT WASH FARTHER ONTO THE BEACH THAN EXPECTED. THESE WAVES CAN EASILY WASH BEACHGOERS INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BEACHGOERS ARE ADVISED TO OBSERVE THE OCEAN FROM A SAFE DISTANCE...AND ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO THE WAVES WHEN VENTURING CLOSE TO THE SURF ZONE. $$
027 WHUS46 KEKA 272351 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 351 PM PST FRI JAN 27 2017 CAZ101-103-104-109-280100- /O.CAN.KEKA.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170128T0000Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 351 PM PST FRI JAN 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$
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.