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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 7, 2017, 3:43 PM PDT for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Oct 8, 2017, 6:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2017, 3:43 PM PDT (22:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2017, 6:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 13 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 22:49 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, 10.7 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
- 2229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
454 WHUS46 KEKA 072243 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 343 PM PDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...A LARGE BUILDING NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL POSE A RISK TO BEACHGOERS ON SUNDAY... CAZ101-103-104-109-090200- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0006.171008T1300Z-171009T0200Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 343 PM PDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SUNDAY. * SURF...12 TO 17 FEET. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES...AND LOCALLY LARGE SHORE BREAK AND RUNUP. BEACHGOERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE SURF THAN USUAL. A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
406 WHUS46 KEKA 090152 CFWEKA COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 652 PM PDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...A LARGE BUILDING NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL POSE A RISK TO BEACHGOERS ON SUNDAY... CAZ101-103-104-109-090300- /O.EXP.KEKA.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-171009T0200Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- MENDOCINO COAST- 652 PM PDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SUNDAY. * SURF...12 TO 17 FEET. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES...AND LOCALLY LARGE SHORE BREAK AND RUNUP. BEACHGOERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE SURF THAN USUAL. A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH SHOULD STAY FARTHER BACK FROM THE WATER THAN NORMAL AND NEVER TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE OCEAN. FISHERMEN SHOULD AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS AND JETTIES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:57 PM PDT | Gale Warning | EKA | 56 hr | |
| Oct 7, 9:35 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | EKA | 53 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.