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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 10, 2022, 2:21 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Jan 11, 2022, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2022, 2:21 PM PST (22:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2022, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2022, 1:00 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
163 WHUS46 KEKA 102221 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 221 PM PST Mon Jan 10 2022 CAZ101-103-104-109-110630- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0001.220111T1200Z-220111T2100Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 221 PM PST Mon Jan 10 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Large unexpected waves expected along the coast. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt and Mendocino Coast Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Tuesday afternoon.. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. there can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
3 follow-up statements
397 WHUS46 KEKA 110607 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 1007 PM PST Mon Jan 10 2022 CAZ101-103-104-109-111415- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.220111T1200Z-220111T2100Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 1007 PM PST Mon Jan 10 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Large unexpected waves expected along the coast. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Mendocino Coast, Northern Humboldt Coast and Southwestern Humboldt Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM PST Tuesday through Tuesday afternoon.. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. there can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
902 WHUS46 KEKA 111123 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 323 AM PST Tue Jan 11 2022 CAZ101-103-104-109-112100- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0001.220111T1200Z-220111T2100Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 323 AM PST Tue Jan 11 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Large unexpected waves expected along the coast. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Mendocino Coast, Northern Humboldt Coast and Southwestern Humboldt Counties. * WHEN...Until 1 PM PST this afternoon.. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. there can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
626 WHUS46 KEKA 112046 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 1246 PM PST Tue Jan 11 2022 CAZ101-103-104-109-112200- /O.EXP.KEKA.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-220111T2100Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 1246 PM PST Tue Jan 11 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... $$
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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.