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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Eureka, CA

January 3, 2019Mendocino County, Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 3, 2019, 5:58 AM PST for Mendocino County, Trinity County, California. It took effect at Jan 5, 2019, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2019, 5:58 AM PST (13:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 5, 2019, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 4, 2019, 4:36 AM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Mendocino County, CA, Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 3, 5:27 AM PST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 5:27 AM PST, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 3:52 AM PST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 3:20 AM PST	Hazardous Seas Watch	EKA		11 hr
Jan 3, 2:24 PM PST	Gale Watch	EKA		13 hr
Jan 3, 2:27 PM PST	High Wind Watch	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt	14 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2019 Every winter storm 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.