Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 9, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2006, 1:53 PM PST for 11 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 27, 2006, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2006, 1:53 PM PST (21:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2006, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2006, 2:38 AM PST
- In force
- 11 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, Monterey County, CA, Napa County, CA, San Benito County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 262153 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 153 PM PST SUN MAR 26 2006 ...ANOTHER STORM HEADING FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS... .A STRONG STORM WILL APPROACH THE COAST ON MONDAY AND WILL SPREAD RAIN AND WIND OVER THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MONDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OCEAN AND BAYS AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. CAZ006-505>515-517-518-271200- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0009.060328T0200Z-060328T1700Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-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- 153 PM PST SUN MAR 26 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE ON MONDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE NEAR THE WATER AND IN THE HILLS. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BY LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT PASSES TO THE EAST OF THE REGION AND THE PARENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KMTR 271156 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 356 AM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...ANOTHER STORM HEADING FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING SHAPE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS MORNING...AND WILL APPROACH THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS LATER TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MONDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OCEAN AND BAYS AS WELL AS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. CAZ006-505>515-517-518-280000- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0009.060328T0200Z-060328T1700Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE- MONTEREY BAY...NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-BIG SUR COAST- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT- 356 AM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE ON MONDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE NEAR THE WATER AND IN THE HILLS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT PASSES TO THE EAST OF THE REGION AND THE PARENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AND DRIVE WITH BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL AS UNEXPECTED GUSTS MAY OCCUR. $$ WEAGLE
000 WWUS76 KMTR 272148 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 148 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...ANOTHER STORM HEADING FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS... .A STORM SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO MOVE THROUGH THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS AND WILL BRING RAIN AND WIND TO THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OCEAN AND BAYS AS WELL AS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. CAZ006-505>515-517-518-281200- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0009.060328T0200Z-060328T1700Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-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- 148 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AS SUDDEN GUSTS MAY OCCUR. $$
000 WWUS76 KMTR 272338 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 338 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...A STORM SYSTEM WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS HAD DEVELOPED NEAR THE OCEAN. AT 3 PM PST...WINDS WERE GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ALONG THE SAN MATEO COUNTY COAST. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AND ALSO DEVELOP INLAND...MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN...THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ006-505>515-517-518-281200- /O.EXT.KMTR.WI.Y.0009.060328T0000Z-060328T1700Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE- MONTEREY BAY...NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-BIG SUR COAST- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT- 338 PM PST MON MAR 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST TUESDAY FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AS SUDDEN GUSTS MAY OCCUR. $$ DYKEMA
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
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.