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Freeze Warning 10, NWS Eureka, CA

October 14, 2017Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this freeze warning at Oct 14, 2017, 3:53 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It took effect at Oct 15, 2017, 4:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2017, 3:53 PM PDT (22:53 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2017, 4:00 AM PDT
Expired
Oct 15, 2017, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

997 
WWUS76 KEKA 142253
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
353 PM PDT Sat Oct 14 2017

CAZ108-151200-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0010.171015T1100Z-171015T1600Z/
Southern Trinity-
353 PM PDT Sat Oct 14 2017

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PDT SUNDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Freeze
Warning...which is in effect from 4 AM to 9 AM PDT Sunday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Near 30 degrees.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Hayfork...Ruth.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.

&&

$$

CAZ107-111-151200-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0026.171015T1100Z-171015T1600Z/
Northern Trinity-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
353 PM PDT Sat Oct 14 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PDT SUNDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 4 AM to 9 AM PDT Sunday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Weaverville...Trinity Center...Covelo.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory means that frost is possible. Sensitive outdoor
plants may be killed if left uncovered.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
245 
WWUS76 KEKA 151033
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
333 AM PDT Sun Oct 15 2017


CAZ108-151600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0010.171015T1100Z-171015T1600Z/
Southern Trinity-
333 AM PDT Sun Oct 15 2017

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Near 30 degrees.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Hayfork...Ruth.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$

CAZ107-111-151600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0026.171015T1100Z-171015T1600Z/
Northern Trinity-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
333 AM PDT Sun Oct 15 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Weaverville...Trinity Center...Covelo.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 8:40 PM PDTGale WarningEKA21 hr
Oct 13, 8:40 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA21 hr
Oct 14, 3:53 PM PDTFrost AdvisoryEKAMendocino17 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.