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High Surf Advisory 5, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

January 23, 2010Monterey County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this high surf advisory at Jan 23, 2010, 6:40 AM PST for Monterey County, California. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2010, 6:40 AM PST (14:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2010, 3:00 PM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

County Monterey County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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 Jan 23, 4:15 AM PST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 4:15 AM PST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 5:06 AM PST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
506 AM PST SAT JAN 23 2010

CAZ006-505>513-516>518-528>530-241400-
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-
EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING
PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-
NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
506 AM PST SAT JAN 23 2010

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

.DAY ONE...SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY. BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME SHOWERS...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL.
SNOW WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. SHOWERS
WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY AND END BY SATURDAY
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN TO THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR AT TIMES. THE SOIL IS SATURATED AFTER A WEEK OF
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THEREFORE...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT
IN RAPID RUNOFF. STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE AREA WILL RISE
RAPIDLY IN RESPONSE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. MINOR URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

DYKEMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 3:34 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMTR17 hr
Jan 23, 1:05 PM PSTTornado WarningMTRContra Costa25 min
Jan 23, 1:32 PM PSTTornado WarningMTRContra Costa28 min

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2010Every high surf advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.