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Heat Advisory 4, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

May 16, 20088 counties in California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this heat advisory at May 16, 2008, 2:42 PM PDT for 8 counties in California. It took effect at May 17, 2008, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2008, 2:42 PM PDT (21:42 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2008, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
May 17, 2008, 7:00 PM PDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, Napa County, CA, San Benito County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 2:42 PM PDTExcessive Heat WatchMTRMonterey, San Benito24 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in California, 2008Every heat advisory in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.