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Gale Warning 8, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

January 20, 2010

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this gale warning at Jan 20, 2010, 9:06 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2010, 9:06 PM PST (05:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2010, 3:00 AM PST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Jan 20, 9:00 PM PST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 9:00 PM PST, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 4:00 AM PST, 17 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CA
400 AM PST WED JAN 20 2010

CAZ006-505-509-529-530-210200-
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
400 AM PST WED JAN 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND MONTEREY BAY AREA.

.DAY ONE...WEDNESDAY

MINOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH
A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

LARGE OCEAN SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COAST. A HIGH SURF
WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

*  HIGH SURF WARNING AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCH...SEE SFOCFWMTR

STRONG WINDS WILL RAMP UP AHEAD OF A STRONG PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST
WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

*  HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY....SEE SFONPWMTR WWUS76
   KMTR FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STORMY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. LARGE
AND POWERFUL WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COAST. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE. A HIGH SURF WARNING
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY.

*  HIGH SURF WARNING AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCH...SEE SFOCFWMTR

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS PER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CAZ507-508-511>513-516>518-528-210200-
SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO COUNTY AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY
INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-EAST BAY HILLS AND THE DIABLO RANGE-
NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
400 AM PST WED JAN 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA AND MONTEREY BAY AREA.

.DAY ONE...WEDNESDAY

MINOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH
A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AND WITH
THIS STRONG PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM. HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

*  HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY....SEE SFONPWMTR WWUS76
   KMTR FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STORMY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS PER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CAZ506-510-210200-
NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
400 AM PST WED JAN 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTH AND EAST BAY VALLEYS.

.DAY ONE...WEDNESDAY

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND MINOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ARE
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH
SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STORMY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS PER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 20, 5:11 PM PST, 3 hours 55 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
Jan 20, 5:11 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Benito49 min
Jan 20, 5:14 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRNapa46 min
Jan 20, 5:36 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR24 min
Jan 20, 6:34 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Mateo26 min
Jan 20, 7:01 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Mateo29 min
Jan 20, 7:18 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR27 min
Jan 20, 7:32 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRAlameda28 min
Jan 20, 8:43 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMarin47 min
Jan 21, 4:07 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR47 hr
Jan 21, 8:42 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMTR43 hr
Jan 21, 2:23 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTRMarin, Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma38 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in California, 2010Every gale warning in 2010

Sources

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