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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at May 15, 2019, 1:21 PM PDT for Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at May 15, 2019, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2019, 1:21 PM PDT (20:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 15, 2019, 3:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2019, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
871 WWUS76 KEKA 152021 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 121 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 CAZ104-109-110-112-113-160500- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0013.190515T2200Z-190516T0500Z/ Southwestern Humboldt-Mendocino Coast- Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Southwestern Mendocino Interior- Southeastern Mendocino Interior- 121 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 1500 FEET... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect until 10 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...Southeast 25 to 35 mph with gusts as high as 55 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Areas above 1500 feet elevation in southern Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, including Petrolia, Honeydew, Leggett, Laytonville, Willits, and Branscomb. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...101, 1, 20, 128. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
2 follow-up statements
089 WWUS76 KEKA 160112 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 612 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 CAZ104-109-161415- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.190516T1500Z-190516T2100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-190516T0500Z/ Southwestern Humboldt-Mendocino Coast- 612 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 8 AM to 2 PM PDT Thursday. * WINDS...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts from 45 to 55 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Petrolia, Honeydew, Ettersberg, Fort Bragg, Point Arena, and Shelter Cove. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...101, 1, 20, and 128. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ CAZ103-105-106-161415- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.190516T1500Z-190516T1800Z/ Northern Humboldt Coast-Northern Humboldt Interior- Southern Humboldt Interior- 612 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 8 AM to 11 AM PDT Thursday. * WINDS...East-southeast 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Arcata, Eureka, Fortuna, Orleans, Willow Creek, Garberville, Bridgeville. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...36, 96, 101, 299. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ CAZ101-161415- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.190516T1800Z-190516T2100Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 612 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 11 AM to 2 PM PDT Thursday. * WINDS...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts from 45 to 55 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...101. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ CAZ110-112-113-160500- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-190516T0500Z/ Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Southwestern Mendocino Interior- Southeastern Mendocino Interior- 612 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts from 45 to 55 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Ukiah, Hopland, Boonville, Comptche, Leggett, Laytonville, Willits. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...101, 128. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map $$
438 WWUS76 KEKA 160504 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 1004 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 CAZ104-109-161815- /O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-190516T0500Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.190516T1500Z-190516T2100Z/ Southwestern Humboldt-Mendocino Coast- 1004 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts from 45 to 55 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Petrolia, Honeydew, Ettersberg, Fort Bragg, Point Arena, and Shelter Cove. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...101, 1, 20, and 128. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ CAZ110-112-113-160615- /O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-190516T0500Z/ Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Southwestern Mendocino Interior- Southeastern Mendocino Interior- 1004 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ CAZ103-105-106-161800- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.190516T1500Z-190516T1800Z/ Northern Humboldt Coast-Northern Humboldt Interior- Southern Humboldt Interior- 1004 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...East-southeast 25 to 35 mph with gusts from 45 to 55 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Arcata, Eureka, Fortuna, Orleans, Willow Creek, Garberville, Bridgeville. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...36, 96, 101, 299. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map $$ CAZ101-161815- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0014.190516T1800Z-190516T2100Z/ Coastal Del Norte- 1004 PM PDT Wed May 15 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...South-southeast 25 to 35 mph with gusts from 45 to 55 mph. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...101. * 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:47 AM PDT | Gale Warning | EKA | 35 hr | |
| May 15, 2:25 PM PDT | Gale Warning | EKA | 25 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.