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Special Weather Statement, NWS Eureka, CA

August 9, 2017

NWS Eureka, CA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2017, 1:32 PM PDT. It was in force for 43 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 9, 2017, 1:32 PM PDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2017, 2:15 PM PDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 2017-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 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 2017-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-462 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

206 
WWUS86 KEKA 092032
SPSEKA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eureka CA
132 PM PDT WED AUG 9 2017
 
CAZ108-092115-
Southern Trinity CA-
132 PM PDT WED AUG 9 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TRINITY COUNTY
UNTIL 215 PM...

At 131 PM, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles 
southwest of Saddle Camp, or 21 miles northeast of Covelo, 
developing south at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central
Trinity County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4002 12296 3998 12312 4017 12313 4020 12297
      4019 12297 4017 12298 4014 12299 4014 12297
      4012 12297 4009 12296 4008 12297 4005 12295
      4003 12295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 016DEG 10KT 4005 12303 

$$

SEC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 5:26 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min
Aug 8, 5:52 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity23 min
Aug 8, 6:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA24 min
Aug 8, 7:14 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA31 min
Aug 9, 1:50 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKAMendocino, Trinity23 min
Aug 9, 2:28 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity32 min
Aug 9, 2:34 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAMendocino26 min
Aug 9, 2:40 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity35 min
Aug 9, 2:50 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKAMendocino25 min
Aug 9, 2:52 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity23 min
Aug 9, 3:05 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity25 min
Aug 9, 3:10 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKAMendocino35 min
Aug 9, 3:23 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity22 min
Aug 9, 3:43 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAMendocino32 min
Aug 9, 3:47 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity28 min
Aug 9, 3:50 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity25 min
Aug 9, 4:09 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAMendocino36 min
Aug 9, 4:12 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity33 min
Aug 9, 4:41 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 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.