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Small Craft Advisory 46, NWS Eureka, CA

April 7, 2017

NWS Eureka, CA issued this small craft advisory at Apr 7, 2017, 3:25 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2017, 3:25 PM PDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2017, 6:35 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The text

As transmitted.

375 
WHUS76 KEKA 072225
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
325 PM PDT FRI APR 7 2017

PZZ450-470-080630-
/O.EXP.KEKA.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-170407T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0014.170407T2225Z-170408T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0046.170407T2225Z-170408T2200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
325 PM PDT FRI APR 7 2017

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS...SW 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT ON SATURDAY.
  STRONGER GUSTS TO 30 KT POSSIBLE OFFSHORE AND NEAR POINT SAINT
  GEORGE THIS EVENING. 

* SEAS...LARGE SW SEAS AROUND 15 TO 19 FT AROUND 12
  SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 14 TO 17 FT TONIGHT...THEN BECOMING W 9 
  TO 10 FT AT 11 SECONDS ON SATURDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ455-475-080630-
/O.EXP.KEKA.SE.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170407T2200Z/
/O.UPG.KEKA.SC.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-170408T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0014.170407T2225Z-170408T0400Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
325 PM PDT FRI APR 7 2017

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...BECOMING W-NW 5 TO 15 KT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...LARGE SEAS AROUND SW 15 TO 18 FT AROUND 13
  SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 14 TO 16 FT TONIGHT...THEN BECOMING 9 TO
  11 FT AT 11 SECONDS ON SATURDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
477 
WHUS76 KEKA 080135
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
635 PM PDT FRI APR 7 2017

PZZ450-470-080945-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-170408T2200Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-170408T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0047.170408T0400Z-170408T2200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
635 PM PDT FRI APR 7 2017

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS...SW 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT ON SATURDAY.  
STRONGER GUSTS TO 30 KT POSSIBLE OFFSHORE AND NEAR POINT SAINT  
GEORGE THIS EVENING.

* SEAS...LARGE SW SEAS AROUND 15 TO 19 FT AROUND 12 SECONDS...
  SUBSIDING TO 14 TO 17 FT TONIGHT...THEN BECOMING W 9 TO 10 FT AT
  11 SECONDS ON SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS,ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS
SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ455-475-080400-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-170408T0400Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
635 PM PDT FRI APR 7 2017

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...BECOMING WEST NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 KT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...LARGE SEAS SW 15 TO 18 FT AROUND 13 SECONDS... SUBSIDING
  TO 14 TO 16 FT TONIGHT...THEN BECOMING 9 TO 11 FT AT 11 SECONDS
  ON SATURDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:19 PM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryEKA8 hr
Apr 7, 12:13 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt32 min
Apr 7, 12:42 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt33 min
Apr 7, 1:04 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt26 min
Apr 7, 1:21 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKADel Norte24 min
Apr 7, 1:42 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt33 min
Apr 7, 2:07 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKADel Norte23 min
Apr 7, 2:24 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKADel Norte36 min
Apr 7, 2:45 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt30 min
Apr 7, 3:23 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKADel Norte22 min
Apr 7, 4:13 AM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity31 hr
Apr 7, 6:29 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKADel Norte16 min
Apr 7, 9:20 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA6 hr
Apr 7, 9:20 AM PDTHazardous Seas WarningEKA6 hr
Apr 7, 3:25 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningEKA18 hr

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Sources

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