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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 25, 2022, 1:29 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Jan 25, 2022, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2022, 1:29 PM PST (21:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2022, 3:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2022, 3:00 AM PST
- In force
- 12 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 21:26 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, 9.5 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
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
290 WHUS46 KEKA 252129 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 129 PM PST Tue Jan 25 2022 CAZ101-103-104-109-260730- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0003.220125T2300Z-220126T0800Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 129 PM PST Tue Jan 25 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * WHAT...Westerly swell around 5 feet at 17 seconds will bring an increased risk of sneaker waves to area beaches. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt and Mendocino Coast Counties. * WHEN...Until midnight PST tonight.. . * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
792 WHUS46 KEKA 260440 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 840 PM PST Tue Jan 25 2022 CAZ101-103-104-109-261100- /O.EXT.KEKA.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220126T1100Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 840 PM PST Tue Jan 25 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Westerly swell around 8 feet at 17 seconds will bring an increased risk of sneaker waves to area beaches. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Mendocino Coast, Northern Humboldt Coast and Southwestern Humboldt Counties. * WHEN...Until 3 AM PST Wednesday.. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. there can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
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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.