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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2018, 2:26 AM PST for Del Norte County, California. It took effect at Jan 17, 2018, 11:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2018, 2:26 AM PST (10:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2018, 11:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2018, 7:16 PM PST
- In force
- 8 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 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
959 WWUS76 KEKA 161026 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 226 AM PST Tue Jan 16 2018 CAZ101-162330- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0002.180117T1800Z-180118T0900Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 226 AM PST Tue Jan 16 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 10 AM Wednesday to 1 AM PST Thursday. * WINDS...Gusts of 40 to 45 mph...strongest winds in exposed locations along the coast. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
040 WWUS76 KEKA 162228 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 228 PM PST Tue Jan 16 2018 CAZ101-171200- /O.EXT.KEKA.WI.Y.0002.180117T1900Z-180118T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 228 PM PST Tue Jan 16 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FOR CRESCENT CITY FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...Sustained winds 15 to 25 mph...with locally higher gusts of 35 to 45 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City and surrounding coastal headlands. * HIGHWAY IMPACTED...Portions of Hwy 101. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map $$
838 WWUS76 KEKA 171007 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 207 AM PST Wed Jan 17 2018 CAZ101-172315- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0002.180117T1900Z-180118T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 207 AM PST Wed Jan 17 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRESCENT CITY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Sustained winds 15 to 25 mph...with locally higher gusts of 35 to 45 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City and surrounding coastal headlands. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Portions of Hwy 101. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map $$
161 WWUS76 KEKA 172231 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 231 PM PST Wed Jan 17 2018 CAZ101-180400- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180118T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 231 PM PST Wed Jan 17 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Sustained winds 15 to 25 mph with locally higher gusts to 45 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City and surrounding coastal headlands. * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Portions of Hwy 101. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map $$
754 WWUS76 KEKA 180316 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 716 PM PST Wed Jan 17 2018 CAZ101-180430- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180118T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 716 PM PST Wed Jan 17 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Eureka has cancelled the Wind Advisory. As winds at the buoys just offshore and along the coast near Crescent City have begun to subside the wind advisory is cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 8:52 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 34 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:46 AM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 42 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:46 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | EKA | 3 days | |
| Jan 16, 2:19 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:27 PM PST | High Surf Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 56 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.