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Special Weather Statement, NWS Eureka, CA

March 23, 2018Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this special weather statement at Mar 23, 2018, 5:57 PM PDT for Humboldt County, California. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2018, 5:57 PM PDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2018, 6:45 PM PDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA

County Humboldt County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 23, 2:53 PM PDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:53 PM PDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 2:36 PM PDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 1:17 PM PDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
117 PM PDT FRI MAR 23 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0116 PM     HAIL             2 W PETROLIA            40.33N 124.33W
03/23/2018  M0.25 INCH       HUMBOLDT           CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THUNDER WITH NO LIGHTNING SEEM AND PEAS SIZE
            HAIL THAT BEGAN ABOUT 1:03 PM.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 3:57 AM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity	25 hr
Mar 24, 3:57 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	EKA	Mendocino, Trinity	25 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in California, 2018 Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.