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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this wind advisory at May 19, 2024, 12:19 PM PDT for Del Norte County, California. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2024, 12:19 PM PDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2024, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
County Del Norte County, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
423 WWUS76 KEKA 191919 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 1219 PM PDT Sun May 19 2024 CAZ101-200400- /O.NEW.KEKA.WI.Y.0021.240519T1919Z-240520T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- Including Smith River, Ft Dick, Crescent City, and Klamath 1219 PM PDT Sun May 19 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Del Norte Coast. * WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind gusts will be particularly strong along windward ridges and exposed coastal headlands. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ For hazard areas see https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=eka EYS
2 follow-up statements
932 WWUS76 KEKA 192004 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 104 PM PDT Sun May 19 2024 CAZ106-108-200415- /O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0016.240520T1000Z-240520T1600Z/ Southern Humboldt Interior-Southern Trinity- Including Peanut, Hayfork, and Dinsmore 104 PM PDT Sun May 19 2024 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 36 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Southern Humboldt Interior and Southern Trinity. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM PDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$ CAZ101-200400- /O.CON.KEKA.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-240520T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- Including Smith River, Ft Dick, Crescent City, and Klamath 104 PM PDT Sun May 19 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Del Norte Coast. * WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind gusts will be particularly strong along windward ridges and exposed coastal headlands. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ For hazard areas see https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=eka EYS
424 WWUS76 KEKA 200354 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 854 PM PDT Sun May 19 2024 CAZ101-200500- /O.EXP.KEKA.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-240520T0400Z/ Coastal Del Norte- Including Klamath, Smith River, Crescent City, and Ft Dick 854 PM PDT Sun May 19 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... $$ CAZ106-108-201200- /O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0016.240520T1000Z-240520T1600Z/ Southern Humboldt Interior-Southern Trinity- Including Hayfork, Peanut, and Dinsmore 854 PM PDT Sun May 19 2024 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 36 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Southern Humboldt Interior and Southern Trinity. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM PDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$ For hazard areas see https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=eka JJW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:04 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | EKA | Humboldt, Trinity | 20 hr |
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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.