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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2017, 2:52 AM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Feb 15, 2017, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2017, 2:52 AM PST (10:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2017, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2017, 3:37 AM PST
- In force
- 16 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 10:54 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 00:00Z, 10.9 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
- 3007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
946 WWUS76 KEKA 151052 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 252 AM PST Wed Feb 15 2017 CAZ102-104>106-160215- /O.UPG.KEKA.HW.A.0004.170216T0000Z-170216T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0015.170215T2000Z-170216T0600Z/ Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt- Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior- 252 AM PST Wed Feb 15 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 1500 FEET... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from noon today to 10 PM PST this evening. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * WINDS...35 to 45 mph with gusts around 50 to 70 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland...Berry Summit...and exposed ridges across interior Del Norte and Humboldt counties. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Mountain passes on Hwy 199...Hwy 101...Hwy 299...HWY 36. * 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. && $$ CAZ101-103-160215- /O.UPG.KEKA.HW.A.0004.170216T0000Z-170216T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0015.170216T0000Z-170216T0600Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast- 252 AM PST Wed Feb 15 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING AROUND COASTAL HEADLANDS... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to 10 PM PST this evening. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * WINDS...30 to 35 mph with gusts around 40 to 50 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City...Patricks Point...Arcata...Fickle Hill...Eureka...Fortuna.... * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 101 near the coast. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
984 WWUS76 KEKA 151958 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 1158 AM PST Wed Feb 15 2017 CAZ102-104>106-160700- /O.EXT.KEKA.WI.Y.0015.170215T2000Z-170216T1200Z/ Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt- Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior- 1158 AM PST Wed Feb 15 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...35 to 45 mph with gusts around 50 to 70 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland...Berry Summit...and exposed ridges across interior Del Norte and Humboldt counties. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Mountain passes on Hwy 199...Hwy 101... Hwy 299...HWY 36. * 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. && $$ CAZ101-103-160700- /O.EXT.KEKA.WI.Y.0015.170216T0000Z-170216T1200Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast- 1158 AM PST Wed Feb 15 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...30 to 35 mph with gusts around 40 to 50 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City...Patricks Point...Arcata... Fickle Hill...Eureka...Fortuna.... * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 101 near the coast. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
508 WWUS76 KEKA 152345 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 345 PM PST Wed Feb 15 2017 CAZ101-103-160745- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0015.170216T0000Z-170216T1200Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast- 345 PM PST Wed Feb 15 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...30 to 35 mph with gusts around 40 to 50 mph. Winds will subside late tonight. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City...Patricks Point...Arcata... Fickle Hill...Eureka...Fortuna.... * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 101 near the coast. * 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. && $$ CAZ102-104>106-160745- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170216T1200Z/ Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt- Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior- 345 PM PST Wed Feb 15 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...35 to 45 mph with gusts around 50 to 70 mph. Winds will subside late tonight. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland...Berry Summit...and exposed ridges across interior Del Norte and Humboldt counties. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Mountain passes on Hwy 199...Hwy 101... Hwy 299...HWY 36. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
428 WWUS76 KEKA 161137 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 337 AM PST Thu Feb 16 2017 CAZ101>106-161245- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170216T1200Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast- Southwestern Humboldt-Northern Humboldt Interior- Southern Humboldt Interior- 337 AM PST Thu Feb 16 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 15, 3:16 AM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Feb 15, 2:32 PM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Humboldt, Mendocino | 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.