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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 6, 2024, 3:28 AM PDT for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Oct 7, 2024, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2024, 3:28 AM PDT (10:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2024, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2024, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 3075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
663 WHUS46 KEKA 061028 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 328 AM PDT Sun Oct 6 2024 CAZ101-103-061830- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0009.241007T1700Z-241008T0000Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast- 328 AM PDT Sun Oct 6 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte and Northern Humboldt Coast Counties. * WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday afternoon. . * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
934 WHUS46 KEKA 061537 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 837 AM PDT Sun Oct 6 2024 CAZ101-103-070000- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0009.241007T1700Z-241008T0000Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast- 837 AM PDT Sun Oct 6 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte and Northern Humboldt Coast Counties. * WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday afternoon. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
813 WHUS46 KEKA 062150 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 250 PM PDT Sun Oct 6 2024 CAZ101-103-070400- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0009.241007T1700Z-241008T0000Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast- 250 PM PDT Sun Oct 6 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte and Northern Humboldt Coast Counties. * WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday afternoon. . * 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. && $$
269 WHUS46 KEKA 070342 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 842 PM PDT Sun Oct 6 2024 CAZ101-103-071145- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0009.241007T1700Z-241008T0000Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast- 842 PM PDT Sun Oct 6 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte and Northern Humboldt Coast Counties. * WHEN...From Monday morning through late Monday afternoon. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
144 WHUS46 KEKA 070939 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 239 AM PDT Mon Oct 7 2024 CAZ101-103-071745- /O.EXT.KEKA.BH.S.0009.241007T1500Z-241008T0100Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast- 239 AM PDT Mon Oct 7 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte and Northern Humboldt Coast Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM PDT this morning through this afternoon. . * 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. && $$
874 WHUS46 KEKA 071534 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 834 AM PDT Mon Oct 7 2024 CAZ101-103-080100- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-241008T0100Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast- 834 AM PDT Mon Oct 7 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte and Northern Humboldt Coast Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM PDT this evening. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2:52 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 4 days |
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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.