Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2011, 4:17 AM PST for 10 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 1, 2011, 9:00 PM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2011, 4:17 AM PST (12:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2011, 9:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2011, 6:00 AM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties Alameda County, CA, City and County of San Francisco, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Benito County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 34 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519 WWUS76 KMTR 011217 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 417 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE COAST...COASTAL MOUNTAINS...EAST BAY HILLS...AND THE SALINAS VALLEY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. CAZ006-505-507>509-511-512-516-517-528>530-012000- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.110302T0500Z-110302T1400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY- NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 417 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: BETWEEN 9 PM TONIGHT TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS CAN BRING DOWN LARGE TREES...POWER LINES AND WEAKENED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ STROBIN
2 follow-up statements
569 WWUS76 KMTR 011954 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1154 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE COAST...COASTAL MOUNTAINS...EAST BAY HILLS... AND THE SALINAS VALLEY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. CAZ006-505-507>509-511-512-516-517-528>530-021300- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.110302T0500Z-110302T1400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY- NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 1154 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE COAST...COASTAL MOUNTAINS...EAST BAY HILLS... AND THE SALINAS VALLEY. * TIMING: BETWEEN 9 PM TONIGHT TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS CAN BRING DOWN LARGE TREES...POWER LINES AND WEAKENED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
451 WWUS76 KMTR 021134 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 334 AM PST WED MAR 2 2011 CAZ006-507>509-511-512-516-517-528>530-021245- /O.CAN.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110302T1400Z/ SAN FRANCISCO-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY- NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 334 AM PST WED MAR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE REMAINED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ CAZ505-021400- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110302T1400Z/ COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- 334 AM PST WED MAR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING: BETWEEN NOW AND 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS CAN BRING DOWN LARGE TREES...POWER LINES AND WEAKENED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.