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High Surf Advisory 8, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

December 24, 20086 counties in California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this high surf advisory at Dec 24, 2008, 8:44 PM PST for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Dec 25, 2008, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2008, 8:44 PM PST (04:44 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2008, 12:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 26, 2008, 6:20 PM PST
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties City and County of San Francisco, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Dec 24, 4:55 PM PST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 4:55 PM PST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 10:49 AM PSTFlash Flood WatchMTRMonterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz6 hr
Dec 25, 11:21 AM PSTGale WarningMTR16 hr
Dec 25, 12:30 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMTRMonterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz5 hr
Dec 25, 1:50 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMTRMonterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz12 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2008Every high surf 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.