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Hard Freeze Warning 1, NWS Eureka, CA

January 28, 2023Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 28, 2023, 2:44 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Jan 29, 2023, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2023, 2:44 PM PST (22:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2023, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 30, 2023, 9:00 AM PST
In force: 11 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 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hard freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hard freeze warning went out at Jan 28, 5:11 AM PST, 9 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 5:11 AM PST, 9 hours 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 27, 4:36 PM PST	Gale Watch	EKA		9 hr
Jan 28, 1:55 AM PST	Gale Warning	EKA		48 hr
Jan 28, 4:04 AM PST	Hard Freeze Watch	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino	11 hr
Jan 28, 4:04 AM PST	Wind Advisory	EKA	Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Trinity	57 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.