Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2005
High Wind Warning 3, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this high wind warning at Dec 30, 2005, 7:18 PM PST for 8 counties in California. It was in force for 14 hr. 24 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2005, 7:18 PM PST (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2005, 8:56 AM PST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties Alameda County, CA, City and County of San Francisco, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Marin County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 10:57 PM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | THOMPSON LANE 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER COVERING ROAD. |
| Dec 30, 11:20 PM PST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 1 W Dublin, CA | WINDS 40MPH GUSTS TO 50MPH. |
| Dec 30, 11:46 PM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | MUD SLIDE, TREES DOWN ON RIVER ROAD AT HACIENDA BRIDGE. |
| Dec 30, 11:55 PM PST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Sausalito, CA | GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE WIND 44MPH GUST TO 49MPH |
| Dec 31, 12:06 AM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | MUD SLIDE COMPLETELY COVERING RIVER ROAD AT CANYON ROAD |
| Dec 31, 1:19 AM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | SR116 FLOODED. MULTIPLE CARS STRANDED. |
| Dec 31, 1:22 AM PST | FLOOD | Novato, CA | INTERSTATE 101 CLOSED. ALL LANES FLOODED. |
| Dec 31, 1:56 AM PST | FLOOD | Redwood City, CA | NB INTERSTATE 101 AT 3RD AVE. FLOODED |
| Dec 31, 2:16 AM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | DEERWOOD DRIVE AT REDWOOD HIGHWAY IS FLOODED. |
| Dec 31, 2:44 AM PST | FLOOD | San Jose, CA | SR35 AT BEAR CREEK ROAD. MUD SLIDE BLOCKING LANES. |
| Dec 31, 3:49 AM PST | FLOOD | San Rafael, CA | INTERSTATE 101 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT SAN ANTONIO ROAD. |
| Dec 31, 3:58 AM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | SB INTERSTATE 101 FLOODED AT PETALUMA BLVD. |
| Dec 31, 4:01 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | San Bruno, CA | SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT ASOS |
| Dec 31, 4:07 AM PST | FLOOD | Antioch, CA | RAILROAD AVE. AT CANYON LAKE ROAD FLOODED. |
| Dec 31, 4:27 AM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | SB INTERSTATE 101 FLOODED AT AT PETALIMA BLVD. 2 FEET OF WATER ON ROADWAY. |
| Dec 31, 4:39 AM PST | FLOOD | Petaluma, CA | NB INTERSTATE 101 FLOODED WITH 1 FOOT OF WATER AT E WASHINGTON STREET. |
| Dec 31, 4:39 AM PST | FLOOD | San Jose, CA | SR17 MUD SLIDE IN BOTH LANES. |
| Dec 31, 5:14 AM PST | FLOOD | Oakland, CA | NB I-880 FLOODED AT 98TH AVE. |
| Dec 31, 5:35 AM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | FLOODING AND BOULDERS IN ROADWAY AT LICHAU RD. AT COLD SPRINGS RD. |
| Dec 31, 5:41 AM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | RIVER ROAD AT SLUSSER RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Dec 31, 5:48 AM PST | HIGH SUST WINDS 0 | Oakland, CA | OAKLAND AIRPORT 40MPH GUST TO 51MPH. |
| Dec 31, 5:56 AM PST | HIGH SUST WINDS 64 | Tiburon, CA | ANGEL ISLAND WIND 64MPH GUST TO 77MPH. |
| Dec 31, 6:09 AM PST | FLOOD | San Rafael, CA | INTERSTATE 101 AT BRIDGE BLVD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Dec 31, 6:25 AM PST | FLOOD | Santa Rosa, CA | SR116 AT BROWNS LANE. 3 FEET OF WATER ON ROADWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 518 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KMTR 310318 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 718 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND MONTEREY BAY AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND MONTEREY BAY AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE COAST AND IN THE HILLS AND OCCUR FROM LATE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. CAZ006-505-507>509-511-512-311300- /O.UPG.KMTR.HW.A.0002.000000T0000Z-051231T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.HW.W.0003.051231T0318Z-051231T2000Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 718 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS...COAST...AND BAYSIDE SECTIONS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST SATURDAY. AT 7 PM FRIDAY EVENING...SOUTH WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND TO 53 MPH AT ANGEL ISLAND IN NORTHERN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH HAVE OCCURRED IN THE HILLS OF THE EAST BAY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THE HILLS OF MARIN AND SAN MATEO COUNTIES. WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE FURTHER ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA LATE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ CAZ506-510-311300- /O.UPG.KMTR.HW.A.0002.000000T0000Z-051231T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0010.051231T0318Z-051231T2000Z/ NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS- 718 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTH AND EAST BAY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CAZ513>515-517-518-311300- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0010.051231T0318Z-051231T2000Z/ SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE- MONTEREY BAY...NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-BIG SUR COAST- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT- 718 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY AND ALL OF MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ DYKEMA
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KMTR 311656 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 856 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...WINDS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS BUT OCCASIONAL STRONG GUSTS STILL POSSIBLE... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA THIS MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES REPORTED. WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE PASSED THROUGH...SOME OCCASIONAL STRONG GUSTS MAY STILL OCCUR INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. CAZ006-508-509-511-512-312000- /O.CAN.KMTR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051231T2000Z/ /O.EXA.KMTR.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-051231T2000Z/ SAN FRANCISCO-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 856 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS DOWNGRADED THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. REPEAT...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WIND ADVISORY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONTINUE TO USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY AND BE AWARE OF ROAD HAZARDS...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE LARGE DEBRIS FROM A ROADWAY AND STAY AWAY FROM ALL POWER LINES...CALL AUTHORITIES AND ALERT THEM OF THESE DANGERS IMMEDIATELY. $$ CAZ505-507-311800- /O.CAN.KMTR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051231T2000Z/ COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- 856 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ CAZ506-311800- /O.CAN.KMTR.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-051231T2000Z/ NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS- 856 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ CAZ510-312000- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-051231T2000Z/ EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS- 856 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS AND THE SOILS ARE LOOSENED...RESIDENTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ CAZ513>515-517-518-312000- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-051231T2000Z/ SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE- MONTEREY BAY...NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-BIG SUR COAST- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT- 856 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ SOROKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 7:18 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:15 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa | 30 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.