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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 22, 2024, 4:32 AM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Feb 22, 2024, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2024, 4:32 AM PST (12:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2024, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2024, 8:00 PM PST
- In force
- 10 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 12:33 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, 0.5 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
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
384 WHUS46 KEKA 221232 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 432 AM PST Thu Feb 22 2024 CAZ101-103-104-109-222045- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0004.240222T1800Z-240223T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 432 AM PST Thu Feb 22 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt and Mendocino Coast Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM PST this morning through this evening. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
462 WHUS46 KEKA 221654 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 854 AM PST Thu Feb 22 2024 CAZ101-103-104-109-230100- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0004.240222T1800Z-240223T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 854 AM PST Thu Feb 22 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt and Mendocino Coast Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PST this evening. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
301 WHUS46 KEKA 222227 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 227 PM PST Thu Feb 22 2024 CAZ101-103-104-109-230400- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-240223T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 227 PM PST Thu Feb 22 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt and Mendocino Coast Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PST this evening. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker 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. && $$
365 WHUS46 KEKA 230359 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 759 PM PST Thu Feb 22 2024 CAZ101-103-104-109-230500- /O.EXP.KEKA.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-240223T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- Mendocino Coast- 759 PM PST Thu Feb 22 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:27 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.