Alert archive / California / Flood Watches in 2017
Flood Watch 1, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this flood watch at Jan 6, 2017, 2:14 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Jan 7, 2017, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2017, 2:14 PM PST (22:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2017, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2017, 4:20 PM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA, Trinity County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
811 WGUS66 KEKA 062214 FFAEKA URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 214 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. CAZ101>113-070615- /O.NEW.KEKA.FA.A.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST- SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-NORTHERN TRINITY-SOUTHERN TRINITY- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 214 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...MENDOCINO...AND TRINITY COUNTIES. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITION HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK. * THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...RISES OF ALL AREA SMALL STREAMS...SOME RIVER FLOODING...AND POTENTIALLY ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
6 follow-up statements
196 WGUS66 KEKA 070446 FFAEKA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 846 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. CAZ101>113-071800- /O.CON.KEKA.FA.A.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST- SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-NORTHERN TRINITY-SOUTHERN TRINITY- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 846 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...COASTAL DEL NORTE...DEL NORTE INTERIOR...MENDOCINO COAST...NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR...NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST...NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR...NORTHERN TRINITY... NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR...SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR...SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR...SOUTHERN TRINITY... SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT AND SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITION HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK. * THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...RISES OF ALL AREA SMALL STREAMS...SOME RIVER FLOODING...AND POTENTIALLY ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
138 WGUS66 KEKA 071658 FFAEKA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 858 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. CAZ101>113-080100- /O.CON.KEKA.FA.A.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST- SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-NORTHERN TRINITY-SOUTHERN TRINITY- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 858 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING ALL OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...TRINITY...AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. * FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. ADDITIONAL WAVES OF RAIN...SOME POTENTIALLY HEAVY...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. * THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...RISES OF ALL AREA SMALL STREAMS...SOME RIVER FLOODING...AND POTENTIALLY ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
877 WGUS66 KEKA 072232 FFAEKA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 232 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 .A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO RETURN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER BOUT OF RAIN WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY. CAZ101>113-080645- /O.CON.KEKA.FA.A.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST- SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-NORTHERN TRINITY-SOUTHERN TRINITY- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 232 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...COASTAL DEL NORTE...DEL NORTE INTERIOR...MENDOCINO COAST...NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR...NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST...NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR...NORTHERN TRINITY... NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR...SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR...SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR...SOUTHERN TRINITY... SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT AND SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR. * THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. ADDITIONAL WAVES OF RAIN...SOME POTENTIALLY HEAVY...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. * THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...RISES OF ALL AREA SMALL STREAMS...SOME RIVER FLOODING...AND POTENTIALLY ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
587 WGUS66 KEKA 080410 FFAEKA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 810 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 .A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAIN WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO RETURN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER BOUT OF RAIN WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY. CAZ101>113-081400- /O.CON.KEKA.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST- SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-NORTHERN TRINITY-SOUTHERN TRINITY- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 810 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * MUCH OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...COASTAL DEL NORTE...DEL NORTE INTERIOR...MENDOCINO COAST...NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR...NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST...NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR...NORTHERN TRINITY... NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR...SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR...SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR...SOUTHERN TRINITY... SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT AND SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR. * THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. ADDITIONAL WAVES OF RAIN...SOME POTENTIALLY HEAVY...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. * THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...RISES OF ALL AREA SMALL STREAMS...SOME RIVER FLOODING...AND POTENTIALLY ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
451 WGUS66 KEKA 081632 FFAEKA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 832 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. CAZ101>113-090045- /O.CON.KEKA.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST- SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-NORTHERN TRINITY-SOUTHERN TRINITY- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 832 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING ALL OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...TRINITY AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. ADDITIONAL WAVES OF RAIN...SOME POTENTIALLY HEAVY...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...RISES OF ALL AREA SMALL STREAMS...SOME RIVER FLOODING...AND POTENTIALLY ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
625 WGUS66 KEKA 090020 FFAEKA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 420 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 CAZ101>113-090130- /O.CAN.KEKA.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST- SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-NORTHERN TRINITY-SOUTHERN TRINITY- MENDOCINO COAST-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 420 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...GENERAL AREAL FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH RAIN IS STILL FALLING AND SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE RISING...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED. LIGHT RAIN AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SUBTLE RISES ON LOCAL CREEKS AND RIVERS TO CONTINUE BUT NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...WHICH MAY WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF ANOTHER FLOOD WATCH IN THE NEAR FUTURE. JT $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:29 PM PST | Hard Freeze Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 13 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:52 AM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 58 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:24 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 9 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:24 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 33 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:36 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 23 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.