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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Eureka, CA

October 18, 2017Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2017, 2:37 PM PDT for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Oct 19, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2017, 2:37 PM PDT (21:37 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 19, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Oct 19, 2017, 4:08 PM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

780 
WWUS76 KEKA 182137
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
237 PM PDT Wed Oct 18 2017


CAZ102-104>106-191230-
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0031.171019T1800Z-171020T0000Z/
Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
237 PM PDT Wed Oct 18 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY ABOVE
1000 FEET...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from 11 AM to 5 PM PDT Thursday. 

* WINDS...45 to 50 mph. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland and other exposed ridges. 

* HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 199...Hwy 101...Hwy 299 near Berry
  Summit.

* 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
671 
WWUS76 KEKA 190217
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
717 PM PDT Wed Oct 18 2017

CAZ102-104>106-191530-
/O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0031.171019T1800Z-171020T0000Z/
Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
717 PM PDT Wed Oct 18 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT
THURSDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET...

* WINDS...South to southwest winds 20 to 30 mph gusting from 45 
  to 50 mph.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland and other exposed ridges.

* HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 199...Hwy 101...and Hwy 299 near Berry
  Summit.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$
445 
WWUS76 KEKA 191001
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
301 AM PDT Thu Oct 19 2017

CAZ101-192315-
/O.EXA.KEKA.WI.Y.0031.171019T1800Z-171020T0000Z/
Coastal Del Norte-
301 AM PDT Thu Oct 19 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

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...Southerly gusts around 40 mph.  

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City and exposed headlands. 

* HIGHWAY IMPACTED...101.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$

CAZ102-104>106-192315-
/O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0031.171019T1800Z-171020T0000Z/
Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
301 AM PDT Thu Oct 19 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 1000 FEET...

* WINDS...Southerly gusts from 40 to 50 mph. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland and other exposed ridges. 

* HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...199...101 and 299 over Berry Summit.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$
490 
WWUS76 KEKA 192308
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
408 PM PDT Thu Oct 19 2017

CAZ101-102-104>106-200015-
/O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-171020T0000Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
408 PM PDT Thu Oct 19 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 6:16 AM PDTHigh Surf AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino60 hr
Oct 18, 3:18 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningEKA51 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.