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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Eureka, CA

April 23, 2024Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2024, 2:31 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It was in force for 119 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
Apr 23, 2024, 2:31 PM PDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2024, 4:30 PM PDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2024-04-23Temperature 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 2024-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

224 
WGUS56 KEKA 232131
FFWEKA
CAC105-232330-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FF.W.0002.240423T2131Z-240423T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Eureka CA
231 PM PDT Tue Apr 23 2024

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West Central Trinity County in northwestern California...

* Until 430 PM PDT.

* At 231 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible 
  in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams and streets
           as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Del Loma.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4069 12328 4065 12336 4072 12344 4080 12339
      4080 12335 4078 12329

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

RPA
1 follow-up statement
782 
WGUS76 KEKA 232322
FFSEKA

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Eureka CA
422 PM PDT Tue Apr 23 2024

CAC105-232332-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240423T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Trinity CA-
422 PM PDT Tue Apr 23 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
WEST 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 4072 12344 4080 12339 4080 12335 4078 12329
      4069 12328 4065 12336

$$

JLW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 1:26 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min
Apr 23, 2:00 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity30 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.