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Special Weather Statement, NWS Eureka, CA

August 6, 2017

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-08-06Temperature 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 2:18 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity12 min
Aug 6, 2:33 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity12 min
Aug 6, 2:54 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity21 min
Aug 6, 2:58 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity17 min
Aug 6, 3:08 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity22 min
Aug 6, 3:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAGlenn14 min
Aug 6, 3:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity13 min
Aug 6, 3:37 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA8 min
Aug 6, 3:49 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity11 min
Aug 6, 4:04 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKASiskiyou26 min
Aug 6, 4:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity14 min
Aug 6, 4:39 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKASiskiyou21 min
Aug 6, 4:53 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity22 min
Aug 6, 4:57 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKASiskiyou33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.