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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at May 11, 2018, 3:19 AM PDT for Del Norte County, California. It took effect at May 11, 2018, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2018, 3:19 AM PDT (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2018, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2018, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 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 10:21 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, 10.3 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
- 1841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
239 WWUS76 KEKA 111019 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 319 AM PDT Fri May 11 2018 CAZ101-112330- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0008.180511T1900Z-180512T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 319 AM PDT Fri May 11 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from noon today to 9 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...Northerly increasing to 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph this afternoon and evening. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City.... * HIGHWAY 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
842 WWUS76 KEKA 112203 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 303 PM PDT Fri May 11 2018 CAZ101-120400- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-180512T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 303 PM PDT Fri May 11 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Northerly increasing to 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph this afternoon and evening. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City.... * HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Hwy 101. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. $$
774 WWUS76 KEKA 120357 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 857 PM PDT Fri May 11 2018 CAZ101-120500- /O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-180512T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 857 PM PDT Fri May 11 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... $$
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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.