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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Eureka, CA

October 14, 2018Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Oct 14, 2018, 11:56 AM PDT for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Oct 14, 2018, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2018, 11:56 AM PDT (18:56 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 14, 2018, 8:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 15, 2018, 5:00 AM PDT
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 19:02 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, 6.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2018-10-14Temperature 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, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2018-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

821 
WWUS76 KEKA 141856
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1156 AM PDT Sun Oct 14 2018


CAZ107-108-150800-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0007.181015T0800Z-181015T1600Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
Including the cities of Weaverville, Carrville, Douglas City, 
Helena, Junction City, Big Bar, Trinity Center, Del Loma, 
Forest Glen, Hayfork, Hyampom, Peanut, Ruth, and Zenia
1156 AM PDT Sun Oct 14 2018

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT
MONDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Low to Mid 30's. Hayfork, Peanut, and Douglas
  City are most likely to experience sub-freezing temperatures
  while others areas will experience near freezing temperatures.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Weaverville...Lewiston...Douglas
  City...Hayfork...Ruth...Peanut.

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

$$

CAZ113-150800-
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0009.181015T0300Z-181015T1200Z/
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
Including the cities of Calpella, Hopland, Redwood Vly, Talmage, 
and Ukiah
1156 AM PDT Sun Oct 14 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT
MONDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from 8 PM this evening to 5 AM PDT
Monday. 

* WINDS...Sustained easterly winds from 25 to 35 mph with gusts to
  45 mph.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Locations south-southeast of Hopland.

* HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Highway 101 south of Hopland.

* 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
820 
WWUS76 KEKA 150748
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1248 AM PDT Mon Oct 15 2018

CAZ107-108-151600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0007.181015T0800Z-181015T1600Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
Including the cities of Weaverville, Carrville, Douglas City, 
Helena, Junction City, Big Bar, Trinity Center, Del Loma, 
Forest Glen, Hayfork, Hyampom, Peanut, Ruth, and Zenia
1248 AM PDT Mon Oct 15 2018

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Low to Mid 30's. Hayfork, Peanut, and Douglas
  City are most likely to experience sub-freezing temperatures
  while others areas will experience near freezing temperatures.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Weaverville...Lewiston...Douglas
  City...Hayfork...Ruth...Peanut.

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

$$

CAZ113-151200-
/O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-181015T1200Z/
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
Including the cities of Calpella, Hopland, Redwood Vly, Talmage, 
and Ukiah
1248 AM PDT Mon Oct 15 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* WINDS...Sustained easterly winds from 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
  55 mph.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Locations south-southeast of Hopland.

* HIGHWAY(S) IMPACTED...Highway 101 south of Hopland.

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

$$
997 
WWUS76 KEKA 151149
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
449 AM PDT Mon Oct 15 2018

CAZ113-151300-
/O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-181015T1200Z/
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
Including the cities of Calpella, Hopland, Redwood Vly, Talmage, 
and Ukiah
449 AM PDT Mon Oct 15 2018

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

$$

CAZ107-108-151600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-181015T1600Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
Including the cities of Weaverville, Carrville, Douglas City, 
Helena, Junction City, Big Bar, Trinity Center, Del Loma, 
Forest Glen, Hayfork, Hyampom, Peanut, Ruth, and Zenia
449 AM PDT Mon Oct 15 2018

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Upper 20's to low 30's. Hayfork, Peanut, and
  Douglas City are most likely to experience sub-freezing 
  temperatures while others areas will experience near freezing 
  temperatures.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Weaverville...Lewiston...Douglas
  City...Hayfork...Ruth...Peanut.

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 2:25 AM PDTFreeze WarningEKATrinity31 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.