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Small Craft Advisory 143, NWS Eureka, CA

December 24, 2025

NWS Eureka, CA issued this small craft advisory at Dec 24, 2025, 11:39 AM PST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2025, 11:39 AM PST (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2025, 7:00 PM PST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Dec 24, 1:28 AM PST, 10 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 1:28 AM PST, 10 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 24, 5:42 AM PST, 5 hours 57 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Eureka CA
542 AM PST Wed Dec 24 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0533 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 N Lakeport            39.07N 122.93W
12/24/2025                   Lake               CA   Dept of Highways

            Tree down on Withington Way north of
            Lakeport.

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RPA

Local storm report, Dec 24, 5:48 AM PST, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 9:21 PM PST	High Wind Watch	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino	15 hr
Dec 23, 11:48 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Warning	EKA		12 hr
Dec 23, 11:48 PM PST	Storm Watch	EKA		12 hr
Dec 24, 1:44 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Humboldt	3 hr
Dec 24, 6:44 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Humboldt	13 hr
Dec 24, 7:58 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Humboldt	12 hr
Dec 24, 11:39 AM PST	Storm Warning	EKA		35 hr
Dec 24, 12:29 PM PST	High Wind Warning	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino	32 hr
Dec 24, 12:29 PM PST	Wind Advisory	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino	50 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.