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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Eureka, CA

August 2, 2022Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2022, 6:10 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2022, 6:10 PM PDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2022, 8:20 PM PDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2022-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1195 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

391 
WGUS56 KEKA 030110
FFWEKA
CAC105-030400-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FF.W.0001.220803T0110Z-220803T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Eureka CA
610 PM PDT Tue Aug 2 2022

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  The Coffee Creek Drainage in the River Complex burn scar in...
  North Central Trinity County in northwestern California...

* Until 900 PM PDT.

* At 610 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain over the Coffee Creek Drainage in the River Complex 
  Burn Scar. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow 
moving through the Coffee Creek Drainage. The debris flow can 
consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around
           the Coffee Creek Drainage in the River Complex Burn
           Scar.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the Coffee Creek
           Drainage in the River Complex Burn Scar.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Carrville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4127 12272 4123 12267 4107 12272 4099 12282
      4095 12309 4098 12322 4105 12326 4110 12327
      4111 12326 4108 12324 4107 12311 4105 12306
      4100 12304 4099 12294 4101 12291 4101 12290
      4107 12292 4109 12297 4118 12296 4120 12280

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

ZVS
1 follow-up statement
538 
WGUS76 KEKA 030320
FFSEKA

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Eureka CA
820 PM PDT Tue Aug 2 2022

CAC105-030330-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-220803T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Trinity CA-
820 PM PDT Tue Aug 2 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COFFEE CREEK DRAINAGE IN THE RIVER 
COMPLEX BURN SCAR IS CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL TRINITY COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4127 12272 4123 12267 4107 12272 4099 12282
      4095 12309 4098 12322 4105 12326 4110 12327
      4111 12326 4108 12324 4107 12311 4105 12306
      4100 12304 4099 12294 4101 12291 4101 12290
      4107 12292 4109 12297 4118 12296 4120 12280

$$

ZVS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:59 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA3 days
Aug 3, 4:36 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity39 min

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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.