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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Eureka, CA

January 3, 2019Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this high wind watch at Jan 3, 2019, 2:27 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Jan 5, 2019, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2019, 2:27 PM PST (22:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 5, 2019, 6:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 4, 2019, 4:21 AM PST
In force
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 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Jan 3, 6:15 AM PST, 8 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 6:15 AM PST, 8 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 3:20 AM PSTHazardous Seas WatchEKA11 hr
Jan 3, 5:58 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchEKAMendocino, Trinity23 hr
Jan 3, 2:24 PM PSTGale WatchEKA13 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in California, 2019Every high wind watch in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.