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Small Craft Advisory 5, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

January 20, 2010

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 20, 2010, 11:46 AM PST. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2010, 11:46 AM PST (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2010, 3:34 AM PST
In force
64 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 20, 9:43 AM PST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 9:43 AM PST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 4:00 AM PST, 7 hours 46 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

Local storm report, Jan 20, 7:43 AM PST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
743 AM PST WED JAN 20 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     HAIL             3 SW SEBASTOPOL         38.37N 122.87W
01/19/2010  M0.50 INCH       SONOMA             CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FROM COCORAHS SPOTTER ID CA-SN-46

0730 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 SSW HALF MOON BAY     37.46N 122.44W
01/20/2010  M54.00 MPH       PZZ545             CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

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BTENTING
Local storm report, Jan 20, 10:01 AM PST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 20, 11:12 AM PST, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 20, 11:32 AM PST, 14 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 19, 4:04 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Napa, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 1 more56 min
Jan 19, 5:06 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMonterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz54 min
Jan 19, 6:24 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR21 min
Jan 19, 6:55 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRMonterey18 min
Jan 19, 7:24 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR36 min
Jan 20, 4:17 AM PSTCoastal Flood WarningMTRMarin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma8 hr
Jan 20, 5:01 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more6 hr
Jan 20, 9:01 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningMTRSonoma119 min
Jan 20, 9:08 AM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRSan Mateo22 min
Jan 20, 9:17 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR28 min
Jan 20, 9:29 AM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRMonterey22 min
Jan 20, 11:06 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningMTRSonoma3 hr
Jan 20, 12:38 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSanta Clara52 min
Jan 20, 1:45 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSanta Cruz30 min
Jan 20, 1:54 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSanta Clara66 min
Jan 20, 2:07 PM PSTTornado WarningMTRSanta Clara, Santa Cruz23 min
Jan 20, 2:16 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSanta Clara, Santa Cruz59 min
Jan 20, 2:21 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRMonterey24 min
Jan 20, 2:42 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRMonterey33 min
Jan 20, 3:05 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMonterey25 min

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Sources

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