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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Eureka, CA

January 2, 2026

NWS Eureka, CA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 2, 2026, 12:22 AM PST. It took effect at Jan 3, 2026, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 2, 2026, 12:22 AM PST (08:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2026, 10:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 2, 2026, 11:45 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 1, 3:57 PM PST, 8 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 3:57 PM PST, 8 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 1, 7:37 PM PST, 4 hours 45 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 1, 7:22 PM PST	Coastal Flood Warning	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino	17 hr
Jan 1, 9:49 PM PST	Storm Warning	EKA		49 hr
Jan 2, 9:50 AM PST	Storm Watch	EKA		13 hr
Jan 2, 2:54 PM PST	Coastal Flood Warning	EKA	Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino	22 hr

Nearby

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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.