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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Eureka, CA

March 17, 2018Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this freeze warning at Mar 17, 2018, 2:10 PM PDT for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Mar 18, 2018, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2018, 2:10 PM PDT (21:10 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2018, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 18, 2018, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Mendocino County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2018-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2018-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

109 
WWUS76 KEKA 172110
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
210 PM PDT Sat Mar 17 2018

CAZ110-111-181015-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0002.180318T0800Z-180318T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
210 PM PDT Sat Mar 17 2018

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT SUNDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Freeze
Warning...which is in effect from 1 AM to 9 AM PDT Sunday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...lower 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Leggett...Laytonville...Willits...Covelo.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.

&&

$$

CAZ103-112-113-181015-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0004.180318T0800Z-180318T1600Z/
Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
210 PM PDT Sat Mar 17 2018

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT SUNDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 1 AM to 9 AM PDT Sunday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...lower to mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna...Boonville...
  Comptche...Ukiah...Hopland.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory means that frost is possible. Sensitive outdoor
plants may be killed if left uncovered.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
278 
WWUS76 KEKA 180623
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1123 PM PDT Sat Mar 17 2018

CAZ110-111-181600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0002.180318T0800Z-180318T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
1123 PM PDT Sat Mar 17 2018

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT SUNDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...upper 20S to lower 30S.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Covelo...Leggett...Laytonville...Willits.

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

$$

CAZ109-181600-
/O.EXA.KEKA.FR.Y.0004.180318T0800Z-180318T1600Z/
Mendocino Coast-
1123 PM PDT Sat Mar 17 2018

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT SUNDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect until 9 AM PDT Sunday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...low 30s to mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena.

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

$$

CAZ103-112-113-181600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0004.180318T0800Z-180318T1600Z/
Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
1123 PM PDT Sat Mar 17 2018

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT SUNDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...low 30s to mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Boonville...Comptche...Ukiah...Hopland...
  Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna.

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

$$
663 
WWUS76 KEKA 181552
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
852 AM PDT Sun Mar 18 2018

CAZ110-111-181700-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180318T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
852 AM PDT Sun Mar 18 2018

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

This will be the final statement issued for this event.

$$

CAZ103-109-112-113-181700-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-180318T1600Z/
Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
852 AM PDT Sun Mar 18 2018

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PDT 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 2:10 PM PDTFrost AdvisoryEKAHumboldt, Mendocino19 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.