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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

February 12, 2009Marin County, Sonoma County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this high surf advisory at Feb 12, 2009, 2:32 PM PST for Marin County, Sonoma County, California. It took effect at Feb 13, 2009, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2009, 2:32 PM PST (22:32 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 13, 2009, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 13, 2009, 2:27 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties Marin County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 Feb 12, 9:45 AM PST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 9:45 AM PST, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 11:00 AM PST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 12, 10:25 AM PST, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 12, 2:53 PM PST	Gale Watch	MTR	24 hr
Feb 12, 2:53 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MTR	16 hr
Feb 12, 3:20 PM PST	Marine Weather Statement	MTR	26 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2009 Every high surf advisory in 2009

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.