Alert archive / California / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 2:48 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2017, 2:48 PM PDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2017, 3:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
208 WWUS86 KEKA 062148 SPSEKA Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Eureka CA 248 PM PDT SUN AUG 6 2017 CAZ107-062200- Northern Trinity CA- 248 PM PDT SUN AUG 6 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TRINITY COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM PDT... At 247 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles west of Carrville, or 26 miles north of Weaverville. this storm was nearly stationary. Dime to nickel size hail will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Trinity County. LAT...LON 4108 12289 4110 12296 4118 12295 4113 12287 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 310DEG 3KT 4111 12293 $$ KR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 12 min |
| Aug 6, 2:33 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 12 min |
| Aug 6, 2:54 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 21 min |
| Aug 6, 2:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 17 min |
| Aug 6, 3:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Glenn | 14 min |
| Aug 6, 3:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 13 min |
| Aug 6, 3:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | 8 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:49 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 11 min |
| Aug 6, 4:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Siskiyou | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 14 min |
| Aug 6, 4:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Siskiyou | 21 min |
| Aug 6, 4:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 4:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Siskiyou | 33 min |
Nearby
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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.