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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2017, 9:32 AM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2017, 9:32 AM PST (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2017, 2:18 PM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
326 WWUS76 KEKA 071732 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 932 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 CAZ102-104>106-080000- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0001.170107T1732Z-170108T0000Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 932 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS...GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND...BALD HILLS...KING RANGE...OTHER HIGH ELEVATION COMMUNITIES IN THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS OF HUMBOLDT AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...HIGHWAY 299 AT BERRY SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 101 AT LAST CHANCE GRADE AND PRAIRIE CREEK SUMMIT...BALD HILLS ROAD. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
411 WWUS76 KEKA 072218 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 218 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 CAZ102-104>106-072330- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 218 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. HOWEVER ANOTHER FRONT WILL ARRIVE AROUND SUNRISE ON SUNDAY AND WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL BOUT OF GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO THE COASTAL AREAS. THIS MAY WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 4:14 PM PST | River Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 36 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:14 PM PST | River Flood Watch | EKA | Humboldt | 45 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:58 PM PST | River Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 14 hr |
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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.