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West Coast Weather Alert (WCWA) .. Wet stormy weather on the way
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| 12/12/02
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Posted on 12/12/2002 12:35:58 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Special weather statement
National Weather Service San Francisco ca
530 AM PST Thu Dec 12 2002
...Wet stormy weather on the way...
A Major rain event is expected to hit the district over the next several days. There will be a series of Pacific storms rolling into the California coast...With the first rains expected to Reach mainly the North Bay region this evening. Rains will continue in the North on Friday...And will be spreading South over the entire san Francisco and Monterey bay region.
The strongest in the storm series is likely to occur Saturday and Saturday night...With very heavy rains...Strong gusty winds...High Surf conditions...Possible flooding and coastal flooding...And even a few thunderstorms. Copious amounts of rainfall are possible... especially in the North Bay where rainfall totals through Sunday May exceed a Foot in some areas. Urban and small stream flooding will be a definite threat. In addition...Strong winds of 40-50 mph are expected across the region...Especially on Saturday.
Rain will decrease Sunday but there will not be much of a break... as the next Strong storm in the series is forecast to arrive Sunday night and Monday. This will Increase the potential for additional flooding. Rains should taper off into Tuesday...With a possible break in the weather centered around Wednesday. One more storm is on the horizon to move into the Central coast from late Thursday into Saturday of next week.
Watches...Warnings and advisories for Strong winds...Gales...High Surf...Flooding and coastal flooding will likely be needed over the next few days...With the first of these issuances probably coming later today.
Persons planning travel or outdoor activities should Monitor weather conditions and forecasts...And plan for wet blustery weather in the San Francisco and Monterey bay areas this weekend and on into next week. Please stay tuned to noaa weather radio and other local Media for further details or updates.
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; US: California; US: Oregon; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: alert; elnino; guam; nws; stormy; supertyphoon; weather; wet
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To: tubebender
Your area is under another alert for tomorrow. This just came in:
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
300 PM PST SAT DEC 14 2002
MENDOCINO COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR-REDWOOD COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELTER COVE...ORLEANS...ORICK...
HONEYDEW...GARBERVILLE...FORT BRAGG...EUREKA AND CRESCENT CITY
230 PM PST SAT DEC 14 2002
...HIGH WIND WARNING SUNDAY...
STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING GAINING INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS AT THE BEACHES AND ALONG COASTAL RIDGES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT.
SECURE LOOSE ITEMS...AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ...PARTICULARLY ON EAST AND WEST BOUND ROADS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING.
To: Grampa Dave; tubebender; Carry_Okie; NormsRevenge
Been cloudy all day but no rain yet!
Please send some of your abundance south to us!
To: tubebender
1964? I was living back east. Sounds like you're from this area, huh?
Envy your retirement. I still work, but only half time now so it's not so bad. Have plenty of time for golf which is the most important thing.
Hear there are going to be some bad winds tomorrow so batten down those hatches.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Dude, it looks like mainly showers in your neck of the woods,for now... which is good cuz' a couple of days ago your forecast was warm and sunny... but don;t panic cuz' el Nino is gonna be goin' for a bit, it would seem. There's a lot of moisture over the pacific and the jet streams can really slam it all over the Left Coast if that humididity gets sucked into it.. That guam supertyphoon kicked a lot of rain our way. and the forecast is another week of it on and off...
To: NormsRevenge
More media baloney! I'm in Tacoma and it hasn't rained a drop.
Just kidding, it's been a MILLION Gazillion drops. My goodness, it was bone dry from June to November, a wee bit of rain then, now it's time to build an Ark!
For those of you wishing for rain, careful what you wish for!
To: NormsRevenge
We've had rain and snow in our forecast with percentages between 50 and 90 percent for the last 3 weeks. So far, all we've had to a little spritz for about 5 minutes last night. Last year we had the majority of our snow between Thanksgiving and Dec 15th. We've only laid 3/8" of snow one evening and that is all gone. It is a strange winter in southeast Idaho. It is 50 degrees at 8:30 PM. Our normal average high is 32 degrees this time of year with a mean temperature of 23 degrees. My lawn is confused.
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12/14/2002 7:36:34 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Grampa Dave; Calpublican
Just got back from warching the annual Eureka Truckers Parade. 50 or 60 big rigs running thousands of lights powered by Honda generators. Christmas is alive and well inHumboldt County in spite of rain squalls off and on for the hour it took to pass by. I looked for pics on google but found none.
To: Calpublican
1964? I was living back east. Sounds like you're from this area, huh? Not really...I have only been here since 1954 but the paternal grand father of my current wife, aka my first wife, aka my child bride and also the mother of my children and grand mother of my grand children, arrived here in 1870s or 80s.
About the flood of 64...going south on 101 near Miranda is a high water mark beside the highway that is about 80 feet above the average water level in the Eel at that point. There was a bridge at Martins Ferry on the Klamath River that was taken out . I t was about 100 feet above normal flows. That storm did over 100 million in damages in 1964 dollars. I have no idea what that amounts to today.
To: fish hawk
Fish Hawk...what do you remember about the flood of 1964 ?
To: tubebender
I've seen that high water mark many times. It still doesn't communicate until you turn around and look at the valley on the opposite side of the freeway and imagine it full up to that point. Hard to believe.
To: Carry_Okie
We were isolated for 2 or 3 weeks so the Navy stationed a aircraft carrier off shore and flew rescue missions from the deck. Many people died including rescue crews. Thousands of dairy cattle died...they took bulldozers and dug pits on the beach and buried them. Whole towns were wiped put, PL lost every stick of lumber drying in the yards. I could go on for a long time recalling what little I can remember.
To: Grampa Dave; tubebender
Just short of ten inches for this storm. The middle wave (today) was predicted to be the heaviest and in fact produced about half as much as the first, It was very windy but we haven't lose any trees so far. The power went out at about three. We've been on the generator all evening.
I had a blast today! Tomorrow should be fun too!
To: Carry_Okie
I talked to my sister in Soquel today and her rain gauge ran over at 6.5 inches in 36 hours. Eureka has not had half the rain you and GD have had but we have had plenty. The digital reader board on tv says we have had 5 inches this month but I think that is short
I still have 5 chain saws ever though I sold my acreage on The Klamath 10 years ago. I was the high bidder on a 10 yard dump truck load of madrone logs at a fund raiser for Rob Brown in Oct but the logger hasen't delivered yet because the weather has been good enough to log until this week.
To: tubebender
I'm back. We just had a very close lightning strike. Sitting at 9.6 inches for the storm now.
Santa Cruz County has enormously variable weather both seasonally and by location. The record minimum rainfall for Watsonville in 1975-76 was 8.49"; the record maximum was in Boulder Creek in 1889-90: 124.7".
To: Carry_Okie
I saw that on the weather channel an hour ago. Also showed Cloverdale with 17 inches and Napa at nine. My gauge is showing 2.2 since 7 am today. Honeydew inthe Kings range can get 200 inches a year and Gasquet on the Smith River can get 244 inches a year. I guess it has to do with the topography.
To: Carry_Okie
I get KTVU 2 10 pm news out of Oakland on cox cable and they showed Cazadaro had 82 MPH winds and Pigeon Point 81. Reno set an all time high wind at 82 and above Tahoe gusts to 115 MPH. WOW...
To: Grampa Dave
10.6 inches for the storm, 25 ceanothus, about 60 iris macrosiphon, ten toyons, a dozen monkeyflowers and blackberries (native, not himalayan), and moved about a half yard of dirt.
Great weekend!
To: Carry_Okie
Now 15.5 inches for the storm. We just got one wild squall complete with lightning, hail, and .9 inches of precipitation in twenty minutes.
To: Carry_Okie
Wilder Ridge, which I think is east of Garberville has had 29.9". If it's where I think it is it drains into the Eel river which is over its banks near Loleta in the delta. You have had the brunt of it over all.
To: tubebender
Wilder Ridge, which I think is east of Garberville has had 29.9". Since Friday? For the season we are at 23.3".
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