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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 4, 2017, 3:02 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 5, 2017, 11:00 AM PST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2017, 3:02 PM PST (23:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2017, 11:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2017, 1:00 AM PST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA, Trinity County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
172 WWUS76 KEKA 042302 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 302 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 CAZ101-051215- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170205T2000Z-170206T0700Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE- 302 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 11 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 11 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. && $$ CAZ102-105-106-051215- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170205T1900Z-170206T0800Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 302 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL HILLS ABOVE 1500 FEET IN ELEVATION FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 11 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST SUNDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS RANGING 45 TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND...UPPER FICKLE HILL...UPPER GREENWOOD HEIGHTS...BEAR RIVER HILLS. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...PASSES ALONG HIGHWAY 299 AND UPPER BALD HILLS ROAD. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TONKIN
3 follow-up statements
849 WWUS76 KEKA 051211 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 411 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 CAZ108-110-111-060115- /O.EXB.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170206T0000Z-170206T0900Z/ SOUTHERN TRINITY-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 411 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...AREA RIDGES NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF LEGGETT...DINSMORE...FOREST GLENN...PEANUT. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...HIGHWAY 101...HIGHWAY 36...ROUTE 271...WEST VAN DUZEN ROAD...ROUTE 502...ROUTE 504...MENDOCINO PASS 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. && $$ CAZ104-060115- /O.EXA.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170205T1900Z-170206T0800Z/ SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- 411 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS RANGING 45 TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...AREA RIDGES NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF PETROLIA...HONEYDEW...ETTERSBURG...WHITEHORN...AND SHELTER COVE. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...MATTOLE ROAD...SHELTER COVE ROAD. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ101-060115- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170205T2000Z-170206T0700Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE- 411 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... * 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. && $$ CAZ102-105-106-060115- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170205T1900Z-170206T0800Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 411 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS RANGING 45 TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND...UPPER FICKLE HILL...UPPER GREENWOOD HEIGHTS...BEAR RIVER HILLS. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...PASSES ALONG HIGHWAY 299 AND UPPER BALD HILLS ROAD. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
015 WWUS76 KEKA 051556 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 756 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 CAZ101-060700- /O.EXT.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170205T2000Z-170206T0900Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE- 756 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM PST MONDAY... * 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. && $$ CAZ108-110-111-060700- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170206T0000Z-170206T0900Z/ SOUTHERN TRINITY-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 756 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST MONDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE....EXPOSED RIDGES. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...ELEVATED PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 36 AND MENDOCINO PASS ROAD. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ102-104>106-060700- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170205T1900Z-170206T0800Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 756 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * 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...AND EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...PASSES ALONG HIGHWAY 299 AND 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. && $$
418 WWUS76 KEKA 052356 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 356 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 CAZ109-112-060900- /O.EXA.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170206T0900Z/ MENDOCINO COAST-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 356 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...COASTAL MENDOCINO COUNTY...AND EXPOSED RIDGES. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...PORTIONS OF HWY 1 AND 128. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ108-110-111-060900- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.170206T0000Z-170206T0900Z/ SOUTHERN TRINITY-NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 356 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE....EXPOSED RIDGES. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...ELEVATED PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 36 AND MENDOCINO PASS 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. && $$ CAZ102-104>106-060800- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170206T0800Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- 356 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS RANGING 45 TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...KNEELAND...UPPER FICKLE HILL...UPPER GREENWOOD HEIGHTS...BEAR RIVER HILLS...AND EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...PASSES ALONG HIGHWAY 299 AND BALD HILLS ROAD. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ101-060900- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170206T0900Z/ COASTAL DEL NORTE- 356 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY... * 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. && $$
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, 2:12 PM PST | Wind Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 44 min |
| Feb 4, 2:30 PM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 37 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:30 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 19 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.