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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Eureka, CA

August 9, 2017Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2017, 2:28 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2017, 2:28 PM PDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2017, 3:00 PM PDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 2:30 PM PDTHAIL 1Ruth, CA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 2017-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-462 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

058 
WUUS56 KEKA 092128
SVREKA
CAC105-092200-
/O.NEW.KEKA.SV.W.0004.170809T2128Z-170809T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Eureka CA
228 PM PDT WED AUG 9 2017

The National Weather Service in Eureka California has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Trinity County in northwestern California...

* Until 300 PM PDT

* At 228 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ruth, or 20
  miles southwest of Hayfork, moving northeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Ruth and Forest Glen. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4041 12321 4021 12345 4028 12355 4030 12354
      4049 12331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 239DEG 6KT 4033 12339 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

GARNER
2 follow-up statements
308 
WWUS56 KEKA 092140
SVSEKA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eureka CA
240 PM PDT WED AUG 9 2017

CAC105-092200-
/O.CON.KEKA.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170809T2200Z/
Trinity CA-
240 PM PDT WED AUG 9 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TRINITY COUNTY...

At 240 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Forest Glen, or
19 miles southwest of Hayfork, moving northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

Locations impacted include...
Ruth and Forest Glen. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4041 12321 4027 12338 4031 12347 4039 12341
      4049 12331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 239DEG 6KT 4034 12337 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

GARNER
520 
WWUS56 KEKA 092153
SVSEKA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eureka CA
253 PM PDT WED AUG 9 2017

CAC105-092203-
/O.EXP.KEKA.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170809T2200Z/
Trinity CA-
253 PM PDT WED AUG 9 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TRINITY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM PDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4041 12321 4027 12338 4031 12347 4039 12341
      4049 12331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 239DEG 6KT 4035 12335 

$$

GARNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 5:26 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min
Aug 8, 5:52 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity23 min
Aug 8, 6:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA24 min
Aug 8, 7:14 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA31 min
Aug 9, 1:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA43 min
Aug 9, 1:50 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKAMendocino, Trinity23 min
Aug 9, 2:34 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAMendocino26 min
Aug 9, 2:40 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity35 min
Aug 9, 2:50 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKAMendocino25 min
Aug 9, 2:52 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity23 min
Aug 9, 3:05 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity25 min
Aug 9, 3:10 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKAMendocino35 min
Aug 9, 3:23 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity22 min
Aug 9, 3:43 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAMendocino32 min
Aug 9, 3:47 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity28 min
Aug 9, 3:50 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity25 min
Aug 9, 4:09 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAMendocino36 min
Aug 9, 4:12 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity33 min
Aug 9, 4:41 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.