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Special Weather Statement, NWS Eureka, CA

August 8, 2017Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2017, 3:49 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It was in force for 26 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 8, 2017, 3:49 PM PDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2017, 4:15 PM PDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2017-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 77 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 2017-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-482 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

731 
WWUS86 KEKA 082249
SPSEKA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eureka CA
349 PM PDT TUE AUG 8 2017

CAZ108-082315-
Southern Trinity-
349 PM PDT TUE AUG 8 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL TRINITY COUNTY...

At 348 PM PDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Forest Glen, or 11 miles west of Yolla Bolly District Rs. the storm
is nearly stationary.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Forest Glen.

LAT...LON 4042 12308 4017 12315 4018 12325 4018 12337
      4048 12330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 093DEG 3KT 4034 12318 

$$

JMG/RCL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 5:04 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA11 min
Aug 7, 5:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity29 min
Aug 7, 5:25 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity35 min
Aug 7, 5:37 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity23 min
Aug 7, 5:55 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity35 min
Aug 7, 6:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA33 min
Aug 7, 8:15 PM PDTFire Weather WatchEKA7 hr
Aug 8, 3:22 AM PDTRed Flag WarningEKA17 hr
Aug 8, 3:22 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity23 min
Aug 8, 3:34 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA26 min
Aug 8, 3:52 PM PDTRed Flag WarningEKA28 hr
Aug 8, 3:58 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA32 min
Aug 8, 4:12 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity33 min
Aug 8, 4:35 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAGlenn25 min
Aug 8, 4:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity18 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.