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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Eureka, CA

December 17, 2018Del Norte County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 17, 2018, 2:11 PM PST for Del Norte County, California. It took effect at Dec 17, 2018, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2018, 2:11 PM PST (22:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2018, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 18, 2018, 1:00 PM PST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Del Norte County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2018-12-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2018-12-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 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.

521 
WWUS76 KEKA 172211
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
211 PM PST Mon Dec 17 2018

CAZ101-182100-
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0017.181218T1200Z-181218T2100Z/
Coastal Del Norte-
211 PM PST Mon Dec 17 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from 4 AM to 1 PM PST Tuesday. 

* WINDS...Gusts around 45 mph. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City amd surroundings.

* HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
736 
WWUS76 KEKA 180218
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
618 PM PST Mon Dec 17 2018

CAZ101-181530-
/O.EXT.KEKA.WI.Y.0017.181218T0600Z-181218T2100Z/
Coastal Del Norte-
618 PM PST Mon Dec 17 2018

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
PST TUESDAY...

* WINDS...Gusts around 45 mph.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City and surrounding areas.

* HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 101.

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

$$
291 
WWUS76 KEKA 180855
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1255 AM PST Tue Dec 18 2018

CAZ101-182100-
/O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-181218T2100Z/
Coastal Del Norte-
1255 AM PST Tue Dec 18 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...Gusts around 45 mph.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City and surrounding areas.

* HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 101.

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

$$
520 
WWUS76 KEKA 182048
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1248 PM PST Tue Dec 18 2018

CAZ101-182200-
/O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-181218T2100Z/
Coastal Del Norte-
1248 PM PST Tue Dec 18 2018

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 4:03 AM PSTGale WarningEKA33 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.