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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 4, 2017, 2:12 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Feb 5, 2017, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2017, 2:12 PM PST (22:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2017, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2017, 2:56 PM PST
- In force
- 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 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 10.2 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
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
238 WWUS76 KEKA 042212 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 212 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 CAZ101-051200- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0011.170205T2000Z-170206T0600Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE- 212 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CRESCENT CITY AND SURROUNDING COASTAL COMMUNITIES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...PORTIONS OF HWY 101 AND 199. * 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. && $$ CAZ102-105-106-051200- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0011.170205T2200Z-170206T0600Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 212 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE COASTAL HILLS ABOVE 1500 FEET IN ELEVATION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS RANGING 45 TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND...UPPER FICKLE HILL...UPPER GREENWOOD HEIGHTS...BEAR RIVER HILLS. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...PASSES ALONG HIGHWAY 299 AND UPPER BALD HILLS ROAD. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
620 WWUS76 KEKA 042250 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 250 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 CAZ101-050000- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0011.170205T2000Z-170206T0600Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE- 250 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 $$ CAZ102-105-106-051200- /O.EXT.KEKA.WI.Y.0011.170205T2000Z-170206T0700Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 250 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL HILLS ABOVE 1500 FEET IN ELEVATION FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 11 PM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS RANGING 45 TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND...UPPER FICKLE HILL...UPPER GREENWOOD HEIGHTS...BEAR RIVER HILLS. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...PASSES ALONG HIGHWAY 299 AND UPPER BALD HILLS ROAD. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
892 WWUS76 KEKA 042251 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 251 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 CAZ102-105-106-051200- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0011.170205T2000Z-170206T0700Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 251 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL HILLS ABOVE 1500 FEET IN ELEVATION FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 11 PM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS RANGING 45 TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND...UPPER FICKLE HILL...UPPER GREENWOOD HEIGHTS...BEAR RIVER HILLS. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...PASSES ALONG HIGHWAY 299 AND UPPER BALD HILLS ROAD. * 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. && $$ TONKIN
091 WWUS76 KEKA 042256 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 256 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 CAZ102-105-106-050000- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0011.170205T2000Z-170206T0700Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 256 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 3:33 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 11 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:30 PM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 37 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:30 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 19 hr | |
| Feb 4, 3:02 PM PST | Wind Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 34 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.