Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 14, 2018, 2:43 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Jan 15, 2018, 9:00 AM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2018, 2:43 PM PST (22:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2018, 9:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2018, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
042 WWUS76 KEKA 142243 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 243 PM PST Sun Jan 14 2018 ...A strong cold front will bring gusty winds on Monday... .Southerly winds will increase ahead an approaching cold front and peak as the front passes Monday afternoon. CAZ102-104>106-151145- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0001.180115T1700Z-180116T0300Z/ Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt- Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior- 243 PM PST Sun Jan 14 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM PST MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 9 AM to 7 PM PST Monday. * WINDS...20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph...strongest winds on the ridges and exposed areas. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland and exposed high elevation rural areas of Humboldt and Del Norte county. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...Berry summit and Lord Ellis summit on Hwy 299. Prairie Creek summit on Hwy 101. * 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 or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
2 follow-up statements
842 WWUS76 KEKA 151040 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 240 AM PST Mon Jan 15 2018 ...A cold front will bring gusty winds today... .Southerly winds will increase ahead an approaching cold front and peak as the front passes Monday afternoon. CAZ102-104>106-152345- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0001.180115T1700Z-180116T0300Z/ Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt- Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior- 240 AM PST Mon Jan 15 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph...strongest winds on the ridges and exposed areas. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland and exposed high elevation rural areas of Humboldt and Del Norte county. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Berry summit and Lord Ellis summit on Hwy 299. Prairie Creek summit on Hwy 101. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map $$
485 WWUS76 KEKA 152254 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 254 PM PST Mon Jan 15 2018 .Southerly winds will increase ahead an approaching cold front and peak as the front passes this evening. CAZ102-104>106-160300- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-180116T0300Z/ Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt- Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior- 254 PM PST Mon Jan 15 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FT... * WINDS...20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph...strongest winds on the ridges and exposed areas. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Kneeland and exposed elevations above 1500 ft of Humbold and Del Norte County. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Portions of Highway 101 and 299. * 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 3:13 PM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 30 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.