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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Eureka, CA

August 17, 2024Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2024, 3:11 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It was in force for 34 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 17, 2024, 3:11 PM PDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2024, 3:45 PM PDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 17, 1:22 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2024-08-17Temperature 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 2024-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

726 
WUUS56 KEKA 172211
SVREKA
CAC105-172245-
/O.NEW.KEKA.SV.W.0003.240817T2211Z-240817T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Eureka CA
311 PM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024

The National Weather Service in Eureka California has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Trinity County in northwestern California...

* Until 345 PM PDT.

* At 310 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
  Weaverville, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Trinity County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4081 12286 4086 12300 4102 12305 4101 12304
      4101 12297 4099 12294 4100 12291 4103 12290
      4104 12281 4096 12275
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 225DEG 42KT 4088 12290 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ZVS
1 follow-up statement
234 
WWUS56 KEKA 172239
SVSEKA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eureka CA
339 PM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024

CAC105-172249-
/O.EXP.KEKA.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240817T2245Z/
Trinity CA-
339 PM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL TRINITY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 PM PDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM PDT for
northwestern California.

&&

LAT...LON 4081 12286 4086 12300 4102 12305 4101 12304
      4101 12297 4099 12294 4100 12291 4103 12290
      4104 12281 4096 12275
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 225DEG 42KT 4108 12260 

$$

ZVS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 11:46 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity29 min
Aug 17, 12:11 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min
Aug 17, 12:46 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKASiskiyou29 min
Aug 17, 1:03 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity27 min
Aug 17, 1:41 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min
Aug 17, 2:11 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKASiskiyou34 min
Aug 17, 2:15 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKA30 min
Aug 17, 2:19 PM PDTSpecial Marine WarningEKA41 min
Aug 17, 2:22 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity23 min
Aug 17, 2:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKAMendocino33 min
Aug 17, 2:44 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity31 min
Aug 17, 2:48 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity27 min
Aug 17, 3:00 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity30 min
Aug 17, 3:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKADel Norte25 min
Aug 17, 3:22 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity23 min
Aug 17, 3:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity30 min
Aug 17, 3:35 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity25 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.