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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 30, 2019, 4:04 AM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Jan 30, 2019, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2019, 4:04 AM PST (12:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2019, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2019, 8:00 PM PST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
305 WHUS46 KEKA 301204 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 404 AM PST Wed Jan 30 2019 CAZ101-103-104-109-302100- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0002.190130T1500Z-190131T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 404 AM PST Wed Jan 30 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Beach Hazards Statement...which is in effect from 7 AM PST this morning through this evening. * TIMING...There is a moderate sneaker wave risk today. * IMPACTS...Larger surf at offshore breaks and an enhanced risk of sneaker waves on northwest California beaches. Steep beaches will have a higher risk of sneaker wave activity with greater wave run-up onto beaches. Large waves will also wash over jetties and rock outcroppings that may normally stay dry. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazard Statement is issued when threats such as sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. && $$
1 follow-up statement
087 WHUS46 KEKA 301903 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 1103 AM PST Wed Jan 30 2019 CAZ101-103-104-109-310400- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-190131T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 1103 AM PST Wed Jan 30 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...There is a moderate sneaker wave risk today. * IMPACTS...Larger surf at offshore breaks and an enhanced risk of sneaker waves on northwest California beaches. Steep beaches will have a higher risk of sneaker wave activity with greater wave run-up onto beaches. Large waves will also wash over jetties and rock outcroppings that may normally stay dry. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazard Statement is issued when threats such as sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. && $$
Nearby
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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.