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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 19, 2017, 2:39 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Jan 19, 2017, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2017, 2:39 PM PST (22:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2017, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2017, 6:00 AM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
522 WWUS76 KEKA 192239 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 239 PM PST THU JAN 19 2017 CAZ102-104>106-110-112-113-201145- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0007.170120T0600Z-170120T1400Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 239 PM PST THU JAN 19 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...EXPOSED HIGH ELEVATION AREAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. SPECIFIC LOCATIONS INCLUDE KNEELAND...BALD HILLS ROAD...AND THE HILLS SURROUNDING GASQUET...LAYTONVILLE...AND UKIAH...AMONG OTHERS. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
246 WWUS76 KEKA 201012 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 212 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2017 CAZ102-104>106-110-112-113-201400- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170120T1400Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 212 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT... * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...EXPOSED HIGH ELEVATION AREAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS OF DEL NORTE... HUMBOLDT AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. SPECIFIC LOCATIONS INCLUDE KNEELAND...BALD HILLS ROAD...AND THE HILLS SURROUNDING GASQUET...LAYTONVILLE...AND UKIAH...AMONG OTHERS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
369 WWUS76 KEKA 201346 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 546 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2017 CAZ102-104>106-110-112-113-201500- /O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170120T1400Z/ DEL NORTE INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT- NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR- NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 546 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 6:11 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | EKA | 9 hr | |
| Jan 19, 1:39 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Humboldt | 51 min |
| Jan 19, 2:02 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Humboldt | 43 min |
| Jan 19, 2:30 AM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 25 hr | |
| Jan 19, 2:30 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 19 hr | |
| Jan 19, 4:44 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | EKA | Trinity | 9 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:44 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | EKA | Trinity | 5 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:44 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 56 hr |
| Jan 19, 8:57 AM PST | River Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 6 hr |
| Jan 19, 11:55 AM PST | High Surf Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 52 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | EKA | Trinity | 22 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:51 PM PST | River Flood Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 32 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:21 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | EKA | 51 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.