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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Eureka, CA

February 28, 2017Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this freeze warning at Feb 28, 2017, 2:11 AM PST for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Mar 1, 2017, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 7 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
Feb 28, 2017, 2:11 AM PST (10:11 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2017, 1:00 AM PST
Expired
Mar 1, 2017, 8:00 AM PST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Mendocino County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 2017-02-28Temperature 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 2017-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

957 
WWUS76 KEKA 281011
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
211 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2017

CAZ110-111-113-010000-
/O.UPG.KEKA.FZ.A.0001.170301T0900Z-170301T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0002.170301T0900Z-170301T1600Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0001.170228T1100Z-170228T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
211 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2017

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Freeze
Warning...which is in effect from 1 AM to 8 AM PST Wednesday. The
Freeze Watch is no longer in effect. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...upper 20s to lower 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Leggett...Laytonville...Willits... Covelo...
  Ukiah...Hopland...Potter Valley.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ112-010000-
/O.UPG.KEKA.FZ.A.0001.170301T0900Z-170301T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0002.170301T0900Z-170301T1600Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0001.170228T1100Z-170228T1600Z/
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
211 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Freeze
Warning...which is in effect from 1 AM to 8 AM PST Wednesday. The
Freeze Watch is no longer in effect. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...lower 30s this morning. Upper 20s to lower
  30s tonight.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Boonville...Comptche.

* 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.

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

&&

$$

CAZ109-010000-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0002.170301T0900Z-170301T1600Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0001.170228T1100Z-170228T1600Z/
Mendocino Coast-
211 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 1 AM to 8 AM PST Wednesday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...lower 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ101-103-010000-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0002.170301T0900Z-170301T1600Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-
211 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 1 AM to 8 AM PST Wednesday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...lower 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City...Arcata...Eureka... 
  McKinleyville...Fortuna...Rio Dell.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
269 
WWUS76 KEKA 282113
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
113 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2017

CAZ110>113-011015-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0002.170301T0900Z-170301T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
113 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2017

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Upper 20S to lower 30S.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Ukiah...Hopland...Covelo...Boonville...
  Comptche...Legget...Laytonville...Willits.

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

$$

CAZ101-103-109-011015-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0002.170301T0900Z-170301T1600Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
113 PM PST Tue Feb 28 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Lower to middle 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena...Crescent
  City...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna...Rio Dell.

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

$$
602 
WWUS76 KEKA 010944
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
144 AM PST Wed Mar 1 2017

CAZ110>113-020000-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0003.170302T0900Z-170302T1600Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170301T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
144 AM PST Wed Mar 1 2017

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Freeze
Warning...which is in effect from 1 AM to 8 AM PST Thursday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Upper 20s to lower 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Ukiah...Hopland...Covelo...Boonville...
  Comptche...Leggett...Laytonville...Willits.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ101-103-109-020000-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0003.170302T0900Z-170302T1600Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170301T1600Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
144 AM PST Wed Mar 1 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 1 AM to 8 AM PST Thursday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Lower to middle 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena...Crescent
  City...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna...Rio Dell.

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 2:11 AM PSTFrost AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino30 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in California, 2017Every freeze warning 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.