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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Eureka, CA

December 11, 2021Humboldt County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 11, 2021, 10:53 PM PST for Humboldt County, California. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 11, 2021, 10:53 PM PST (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Dec 12, 2021, 1:00 AM PST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Humboldt County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 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 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-12Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
707 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

071 
WWUS76 KEKA 120653
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1053 PM PST Sat Dec 11 2021

CAZ104>106-120800-
/O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0020.211212T0653Z-211212T0800Z/
Southwestern Humboldt-Northern Humboldt Interior-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
1053 PM PST Sat Dec 11 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE
1000 FEET...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph above 
  1000 feet.

* WHERE...Southwestern Humboldt, Northern Humboldt Interior and 
  Southern Humboldt Interior Counties.

* WHEN...Until midnight PST tonight.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
551 
WWUS76 KEKA 120751
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1151 PM PST Sat Dec 11 2021

CAZ104>106-120900-
/O.EXT.KEKA.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-211212T0900Z/
Southwestern Humboldt-Northern Humboldt Interior-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
1151 PM PST Sat Dec 11 2021

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE
2000 FEET...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph above 
  2000 feet.

* WHERE...Northern Humboldt Interior, Southwestern Humboldt and 
  Southern Humboldt Interior Counties.

* WHEN...Until 1 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.

&&

$$
985 
WWUS76 KEKA 120859
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1259 AM PST Sun Dec 12 2021

CAZ104>106-121000-
/O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-211212T0900Z/
Southwestern Humboldt-Northern Humboldt Interior-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
1259 AM PST Sun Dec 12 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING ABOVE
2000 FEET...
 
Some wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph over exposed ridges with some
higher gusts over mountaintops will linger for another couple of
hours, otherwise, winds will steadily diminish overnight into
Sunday morning. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 10:05 PM PSTGale WarningEKA55 min
Dec 12, 12:51 AM PSTHazardous Seas WarningEKA8 hr
Dec 12, 5:17 AM PSTWinter Storm WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Trinity41 hr
Dec 12, 9:09 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA70 hr
Dec 12, 3:49 PM PSTGale WarningEKA10 hr
Dec 12, 3:49 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA5 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.