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High Surf Advisory 6, NWS Eureka, CA

December 20, 2024Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this high surf advisory at Dec 20, 2024, 6:26 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Dec 21, 2024, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2024, 6:26 PM PST (02:26 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 21, 2024, 1:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 22, 2024, 9:00 AM PST
In force
20 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 02:29 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Dec 20, 3:13 PM PST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 3:13 PM PST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 8:53 AM PSTGale WarningEKA36 hr
Dec 21, 8:53 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA18 hr
Dec 21, 8:53 AM PSTHazardous Seas WarningEKA30 hr
Dec 21, 10:15 AM PSTWind AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt30 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.