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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Eureka, CA

March 1, 2017Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this freeze warning at Mar 1, 2017, 1:44 AM PST for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Mar 2, 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
Mar 1, 2017, 1:44 AM PST (09:44 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2017, 1:00 AM PST
Expired
Mar 2, 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 09:42 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, 9.7 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 2017-03-01Temperature 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 2017-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
202 
WWUS76 KEKA 012340
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
340 PM PST Wed Mar 1 2017


CAZ110>113-021245-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0003.170302T0900Z-170302T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
340 PM PST Wed Mar 1 2017

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS 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

$$

CAZ101-103-109-021245-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0003.170302T0900Z-170302T1600Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
340 PM PST Wed Mar 1 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS 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

$$
705 
WWUS76 KEKA 021034
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
234 AM PST Thu Mar 2 2017

CAZ101-103-021145-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170302T1600Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-
234 AM PST Thu Mar 2 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has cancelled the Frost
Advisory. 

This will be the final statement issued for this event.

$$

CAZ110>113-021600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170302T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
234 AM PST Thu Mar 2 2017

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* 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

$$

CAZ109-021600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170302T1600Z/
Mendocino Coast-
234 AM PST Thu Mar 2 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...

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

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

* 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
Mar 1, 1:44 AM PSTFrost AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino30 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.