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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Eureka, CA

December 24, 2018Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2018, 3:20 AM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Dec 24, 2018, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2018, 3:20 AM PST (11:20 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2018, 7:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 24, 2018, 12:00 PM PST
In force
5 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 11:20 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 00:00Z, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2018-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2018-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

943 
WWUS76 KEKA 241120
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
320 AM PST Mon Dec 24 2018

CAZ101-102-104>106-242000-
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0019.181224T1500Z-181224T2000Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
320 AM PST Mon Dec 24 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON PST
TODAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from 7 AM this morning to noon PST
today. 

* WINDS...Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City and Kneeland

* HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...The exposed areas and summits on Hwy 101, 
  Hwy 199, Hwy 299, and HWY 36.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
120 
WWUS76 KEKA 241933
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1133 AM PST Mon Dec 24 2018


CAZ101-102-104>106-242045-
/O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-181224T2000Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
1133 AM PST Mon Dec 24 2018

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY...


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 2:08 AM PSTFlash Flood WatchEKAMendocino16 hr
Dec 24, 6:24 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt21 min

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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.