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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Eureka, CA

March 18, 2018Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this freeze warning at Mar 18, 2018, 2:03 PM PDT for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Mar 19, 2018, 2:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 7 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 18, 2018, 2:03 PM PDT (21:03 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2018, 2:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2018, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
7 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 21:07 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, 9.1 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 2018-03-18Temperature 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, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2018-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

645 
WWUS76 KEKA 182103
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
203 PM PDT Sun Mar 18 2018

CAZ111-191015-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0003.180319T0900Z-180319T1600Z/
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
203 PM PDT Sun Mar 18 2018

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT MONDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Freeze
Warning...which is in effect from 2 AM to 9 AM PDT Monday. 

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

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...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.

&&

$$

CAZ110-113-191015-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0005.180319T0900Z-180319T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
203 PM PDT Sun Mar 18 2018

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT MONDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 2 AM to 9 AM PDT Monday. 

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

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

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
598 
WWUS76 KEKA 191010
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
310 AM PDT Mon Mar 19 2018

CAZ111-191600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180319T1600Z/
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
310 AM PDT Mon Mar 19 2018

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

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

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Covelo.

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


$$

CAZ110-113-191600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-180319T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
310 AM PDT Mon Mar 19 2018

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

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

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Leggett...Laytonville...Willits...
  Ukiah...Hopland.

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

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 2:03 PM PDTFrost AdvisoryEKAMendocino19 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.