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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 27, 2026, 1:43 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California. It took effect at Feb 27, 2026, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2026, 1:43 PM PST (21:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2026, 2:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2026, 11:00 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 416 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
- 1439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
995 WHUS46 KEKA 272143 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 143 PM PST Fri Feb 27 2026 CAZ101-103-104-280545- /O.NEW.KEKA.BH.S.0007.260227T2200Z-260228T0700Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- 143 PM PST Fri Feb 27 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast and Southwestern Humboldt Counties. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PST this evening. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
3 follow-up statements
282 WHUS46 KEKA 272145 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 145 PM PST Fri Feb 27 2026 CAZ101-103-104-280545- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0007.260227T2200Z-260228T0700Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- 145 PM PST Fri Feb 27 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast and Southwestern Humboldt Counties. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PST this evening. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
780 WHUS46 KEKA 280525 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 925 PM PST Fri Feb 27 2026 CAZ101-103-104-280700- /O.CON.KEKA.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260228T0700Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- 925 PM PST Fri Feb 27 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Increased threat of sneaker waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast and Southwestern Humboldt Counties. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PST this evening. . * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These sneaker waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean. && $$
850 WHUS46 KEKA 280634 CFWEKA Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 1034 PM PST Fri Feb 27 2026 CAZ101-103-104-280745- /O.EXP.KEKA.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260228T0700Z/ Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt- 1034 PM PST Fri Feb 27 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 10:05 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 36 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.