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Special Weather Statement, NWS Eureka, CA

August 6, 2017Glenn County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 3:16 PM PDT for Glenn County, California. It was in force for 14 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, 3:16 PM PDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2017, 3:30 PM PDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Glenn County, CA

The radar

The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 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, Oakland, CA 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.193958Sfc1 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
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

491 
WWUS86 KEKA 062216
SPSEKA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eureka CA
316 PM PDT SUN AUG 6 2017
 
CAZ111-062230-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior CA-
316 PM PDT SUN AUG 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MENDOCINO COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM PDT...

At 315 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles west of Alder Springs. this storm was nearly stationary.

Half inch to dime size hail will be possible with this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central
Mendocino County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 12294 3962 12297 3966 12290 3966 12289
      3956 12289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 327DEG 3KT 3960 12291 

$$

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, 2:48 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA12 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, 3:32 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.