Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Issued

Feb 7, 1998, 5:53 PM PST (01:53 UTC)

Expired

Feb 7, 1998, 6:30 PM PST

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA

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WUUS1 KSFO 080159 RRA
SVRSFO
CAC085-087-080230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
553 PM PST SAT FEB 7 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM PST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
   ...EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WATSONVILLE A655 PM. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST SANTA CLARA COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF GILROY AT 605 PM.
 
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCAL
HEAVY RAIN.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
DIAZ

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.