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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Eureka, CA

May 19, 2024Del Norte County, California

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2024-05-19Temperature 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 2024-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 1:04 PM PDTFrost AdvisoryEKAHumboldt, Trinity20 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.