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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Eureka, CA

March 25, 2018Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this freeze warning at Mar 25, 2018, 3:43 AM PDT for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Mar 26, 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 25, 2018, 3:43 AM PDT (10:43 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2018, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 26, 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 10:44 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 00:00Z, 10.7 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 00:00Z on 2018-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 00:00Z on 2018-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

361 
WWUS76 KEKA 251043
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
343 AM PDT Sun Mar 25 2018

CAZ110-111-252345-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0004.180326T0800Z-180326T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
343 AM PDT Sun Mar 25 2018

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

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

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Around 30 degrees.

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

&&

$$

CAZ103-109-112-113-252345-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0006.180326T0800Z-180326T1600Z/
Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
343 AM PDT Sun Mar 25 2018

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

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

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Around 33 to 36 degrees.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna...Fort Bragg...
  Point Arena...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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
730 
WWUS76 KEKA 252109
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
209 PM PDT Sun Mar 25 2018

CAZ110-111-261015-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0004.180326T0800Z-180326T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
209 PM PDT Sun Mar 25 2018

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT
MONDAY...

* 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

$$

CAZ101-261015-
/O.EXA.KEKA.FR.Y.0006.180326T0800Z-180326T1600Z/
Coastal Del Norte-
209 PM PDT Sun Mar 25 2018

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

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

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

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Mainly north and east of Crescent City.

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

$$

CAZ103-109-112-113-261015-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0006.180326T0800Z-180326T1600Z/
Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
209 PM PDT Sun Mar 25 2018

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT
MONDAY...

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

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena...Ukiah...
  Hopland...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna...Boonville...Comptche.

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

$$
685 
WWUS76 KEKA 261007
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
307 AM PDT Mon Mar 26 2018

CAZ110-111-261600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180326T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
307 AM PDT Mon Mar 26 2018

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

* LOW TEMPERATURES...near 30 degrees.

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

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

$$

CAZ101-103-109-112-113-261600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-180326T1600Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
307 AM PDT Mon Mar 26 2018

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

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

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Crescent
  City...Ukiah...Hopland...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna...
  Boonville...Comptche....

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

$$
379 
WWUS76 KEKA 261544
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
844 AM PDT Mon Mar 26 2018

CAZ110-111-261645-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180326T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
844 AM PDT Mon Mar 26 2018

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


$$

CAZ101-103-109-112-113-261645-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-180326T1600Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
844 AM PDT Mon Mar 26 2018

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


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 3:43 AM PDTFrost AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino29 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in California, 2018Every freeze warning in 2018

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.