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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2017, 2:21 AM PDT for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Apr 12, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2017, 2:21 AM PDT (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2017, 3:17 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 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 09:18 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, 9.4 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
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 570 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
559 WWUS76 KEKA 120921 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 221 AM PDT Wed Apr 12 2017 ...Another round of gusty winds expected this afternoon... .A storm system will enter the region this afternoon and produce strong gusty winds for exposed ridge tops. CAZ102-105-122230- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-170412T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0027.170412T1800Z-170413T0000Z/ Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Interior- 221 AM PDT Wed Apr 12 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 5 PM PDT this afternoon. * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts from 40 to 50 mph * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Rural areas of Del Norte County above 2000 feet. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...Highway 199. 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. && $$ CAZ101-121030- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-170412T1200Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 221 AM PDT Wed Apr 12 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Eureka has cancelled the Wind Advisory. $$ CAZ104-106-122230- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0027.170412T1800Z-170413T0000Z/ Southwestern Humboldt-Southern Humboldt Interior- 221 AM PDT Wed Apr 12 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 5 PM PDT this afternoon. * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts from 40 to 50 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland...Patrolia...Honeydew... Ettersberg...Garberville...Bridgeville. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 101...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
594 WWUS76 KEKA 122217 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 317 PM PDT Wed Apr 12 2017 CAZ102-104>106-122330- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-170413T0000Z/ Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt- Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior- 317 PM PDT Wed Apr 12 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Eureka has cancelled the Wind Advisory. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:53 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 5 hr | |
| Apr 11, 8:53 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 5 hr | |
| Apr 12, 2:09 AM PDT | Gale Warning | EKA | 15 hr | |
| Apr 12, 2:09 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 19 hr | |
| Apr 12, 2:09 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | EKA | 10 hr | |
| Apr 12, 3:49 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 36 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.