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Hazardous Seas Warning 1, NWS Eureka, CA

January 4, 2026

NWS Eureka, CA issued this hazardous seas warning at Jan 4, 2026, 2:46 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2026, 2:46 AM PST (10:46 UTC)
Expired: Jan 4, 2026, 8:50 AM PST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hazardous seas warning 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 hazardous seas warning went out at Jan 4, 12:15 AM PST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 12:15 AM PST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 3, 9:59 PM PST, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 4, 2:19 AM PST, 27 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
Jan 3, 5:57 PM PST	Coastal Flood Warning	EKA	Humboldt	20 hr
Jan 3, 5:57 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino	20 hr
Jan 3, 8:26 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	EKA	Mendocino	34 min
Jan 3, 9:59 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	EKA	Humboldt	31 min
Jan 3, 11:00 PM PST	Hazardous Seas Watch	EKA		4 hr
Jan 4, 2:46 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	EKA		27 hr
Jan 4, 3:40 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	EKA	Humboldt	14 hr
Jan 4, 1:11 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	EKA	Humboldt	34 min
Jan 4, 2:06 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	EKA	Humboldt	21 hr

Nearby

Hazardous Seas Warnings in California, 2026 Every hazardous seas warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.