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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Eureka, CA

December 7, 2019Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 7, 2019, 10:54 AM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Dec 7, 2019, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2019, 10:54 AM PST (18:54 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2019, 12:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 7, 2019, 1:54 PM PST
In force
114 min
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 18:54 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2019-12-07Temperature 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2019-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

309 
WWUS76 KEKA 071854
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1054 AM PST Sat Dec 7 2019

CAZ101>106-080000-
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0020.191207T2000Z-191208T0000Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-
Southwestern Humboldt-Northern Humboldt Interior-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
1054 AM PST Sat Dec 7 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph
  expected. Gusts from 55 to 65 mph across exposed ridges.

* WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Del Norte Interior, Northern 
  Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt, Northern Humboldt 
  Interior and Southern Humboldt Interior Counties.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM PST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
513 
WWUS76 KEKA 072154
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
154 PM PST Sat Dec 7 2019

CAZ101>106-072300-
/O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-191208T0000Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-
Southwestern Humboldt-Northern Humboldt Interior-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
154 PM PST Sat Dec 7 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 8:34 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA36 hr
Dec 7, 8:08 AM PSTGale WarningEKA6 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.