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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 27, 2018, 2:10 PM PST for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Nov 29, 2018, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2018, 2:10 PM PST (22:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 29, 2018, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2018, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 9 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 22:12 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, 10.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
608 WWUS76 KEKA 272210 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 210 PM PST Tue Nov 27 2018 CAZ109-281115- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.181129T1900Z-181130T0300Z/ Mendocino Coast- 210 PM PST Tue Nov 27 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 11 AM to 7 PM PST Thursday. * WINDS...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 1. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
007 WWUS76 KEKA 281113 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 313 AM PST Wed Nov 28 2018 CAZ109-290015- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.181129T1900Z-181130T0300Z/ Mendocino Coast- 313 AM PST Wed Nov 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 1. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map $$
519 WWUS76 KEKA 282227 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 227 PM PST Wed Nov 28 2018 CAZ109-291130- /O.EXT.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.181129T2100Z-181130T0600Z/ Mendocino Coast- 227 PM PST Wed Nov 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 1. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map $$
411 WWUS76 KEKA 291107 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 307 AM PST Thu Nov 29 2018 CAZ109-300600- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.181129T2100Z-181130T0600Z/ Mendocino Coast- 307 AM PST Thu Nov 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Northwest winds around 20 to 30 mph, with gusts to 45 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 1. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map $$
112 WWUS76 KEKA 300600 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 1000 PM PST Thu Nov 29 2018 CAZ109-300700- /O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-181130T0600Z/ Mendocino Coast- 1000 PM PST Thu Nov 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds will continue to diminish overnight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 9:00 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 38 hr |
| Nov 27, 10:10 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 17 hr | |
| Nov 27, 2:04 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 50 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.