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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Eureka, CA

August 19, 2023Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2023, 3:10 PM PDT for Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Trinity County, California. It was in force for 20 min. 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 19, 2023, 3:10 PM PDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2023, 3:30 PM PDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA, Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 12:00Z on 2023-08-19Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2023-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

267 
WUUS56 KEKA 192210
SVREKA
CAC023-045-105-192230-
/O.NEW.KEKA.SV.W.0003.230819T2210Z-230819T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Eureka CA
310 PM PDT Sat Aug 19 2023

The National Weather Service in Eureka California has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Mendocino County in northwestern California...
  Southern Humboldt County in northwestern California...
  Southwestern Trinity County in northwestern California...

* Until 330 PM PDT.

* At 310 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Alderpoint, or 18 miles east of Garberville, and is nearly
  stationary.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. Gusts to 50 mph. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Zenia.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4022 12343 4007 12329 3993 12346 4015 12366
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 054DEG 2KT 4011 12344 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

MKK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 5:26 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min
Aug 18, 5:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity28 min
Aug 18, 6:26 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min
Aug 19, 3:35 AM PDTRed Flag WarningEKA16 hr
Aug 19, 9:02 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA39 hr
Aug 19, 12:36 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity39 min
Aug 19, 1:15 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEKATrinity3 hr
Aug 19, 2:30 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA45 min
Aug 19, 2:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAMendocino43 min
Aug 19, 2:41 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min
Aug 19, 2:45 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt45 min
Aug 19, 2:54 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAHumboldt36 min
Aug 19, 3:17 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity43 min
Aug 19, 3:50 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningEKATrinity85 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.