Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 1, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2007, 4:04 AM PST for 8 counties in California. It took effect at Jan 4, 2007, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2007, 4:04 AM PST (12:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2007, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2007, 11:47 AM PST
- In force
- 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 12:07 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, 0.1 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
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 031204 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 404 AM PST WED JAN 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE COAST FROM SONONA COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY... CAZ006-505-509-514-515-032015- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.070104T2000Z-070105T0800Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- MONTEREY BAY...NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-BIG SUR COAST- 404 AM PST WED JAN 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ STROBIN
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KMTR 031947 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 1147 AM PST WED JAN 3 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS SURROUNDING THE BAY AREA... .AN AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT SETTING UP A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THIS PATTERN WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST AND INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH AND EAST BAY HILLS. CAZ006-505-509-514-515-040515- /O.CAN.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.070104T2000Z-070105T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.HW.A.0001.070104T2000Z-070105T1600Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- MONTEREY BAY...NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-BIG SUR COAST- 1147 AM PST WED JAN 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE CALIFORNIA COAST FROM SONOMA COUNTY THROUGH MONTEREY COUNTY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH A POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF IN MOST AREAS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ CAZ507-511-512-040515- /O.NEW.KMTR.HW.A.0001.070104T2000Z-070105T1600Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 1147 AM PST WED JAN 3 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTH AND EAST BAY HILLS...DIABLO RANGE AND THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH A POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEASTERLY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ BRENCHLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 2 more | 65 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:47 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 2 more | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.