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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 14, 2020, 6:00 AM PST for Del Norte County, California. It took effect at Nov 14, 2020, 8:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2020, 6:00 AM PST (14:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 14, 2020, 8:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2020, 3:46 AM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
County Del Norte County, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
351 WWUS76 KEKA 141400 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 600 AM PST Sat Nov 14 2020 CAZ101-102-150015- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0006.201115T0400Z-201115T1200Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior- 600 AM PST Sat Nov 14 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte and Del Norte Interior Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 4 AM PST Sunday. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
139 WWUS76 KEKA 142208 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 208 PM PST Sat Nov 14 2020 CAZ101-102-150800- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0006.201115T0400Z-201115T1200Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior- 208 PM PST Sat Nov 14 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Exposed headlands, hilltops and mountain ridges in Coastal Del Norte and Del Norte Interior Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 4 AM PST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
591 WWUS76 KEKA 150518 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 918 PM PST Sat Nov 14 2020 CAZ101-102-151200- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-201115T1200Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior- 918 PM PST Sat Nov 14 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Exposed headlands, hilltops and mountain ridges in Coastal Del Norte and Del Norte Interior Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 4 AM PST Sunday. * 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. && $$
867 WWUS76 KEKA 151146 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 346 AM PST Sun Nov 15 2020 CAZ101-102-151300- /O.CAN.KEKA.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-201115T1200Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Del Norte Interior- 346 AM PST Sun Nov 15 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 9:04 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 9 hr | |
| Nov 13, 9:04 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 21 hr | |
| Nov 14, 6:29 AM PST | Gale Warning | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Nov 14, 2:04 PM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Del Norte | 23 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:25 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | EKA | Humboldt | 23 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.