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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 2, 2012, 8:15 AM PST for Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2012, 8:15 AM PST (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2012, 10:15 AM PST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
931
WGUS56 KMTR 021615
FFWMTR
CAC085-087-021815-
/O.NEW.KMTR.FF.W.0008.121202T1615Z-121202T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
815 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SANTA CLARA COUNTY IN WESTERN CALIFORNIA...
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN WESTERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM PST.
* AT 811 AM PST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES
INDICATED CURRENT HOURLY RAINFALL OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ACROSS THE
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. A BAND OF HEAVIETR RAINFALL IS APPROACHIN FROM
THE NORTHWEST AND WILL ARRIVE IN THE NEXT HOUR. THE RISK OF MUD AND
ROCK SLIDES WILL INCREASE WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN AS WELL.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOULDER
CREEK AND BEN LOMOND
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW
LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR WATER
OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CAMPERS AND HIKERS TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE
RELATIVE TO CREEKS...STREAMS...OR RIVERS WHICH CAN BECOME DANGEROUS
IN HEAVY RAINS. BE PARTICULARLY AWARE IN HILLY TERRAIN WHERE MANY LOW
WATER CROSSINGS CAN QUICKLY BECOME KILLERS.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND
TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT...LON 3718 12230 3722 12212 3720 12195 3717 12173
3705 12178 3703 12184 3705 12201 3703 12209
3706 12217
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JOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 4:44 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MTR | Sonoma | 6 days |
| Dec 2, 1:28 AM PST | Gale Warning | MTR | 11 hr | |
| Dec 2, 6:35 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Napa, Sonoma | 85 min |
| Dec 2, 6:54 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MTR | Marin, Napa, Sonoma | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 7:19 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 7:41 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Sonoma | 64 min |
| Dec 2, 8:42 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Marin | 93 min |
| Dec 2, 8:47 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Sonoma | 88 min |
| Dec 2, 9:20 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MTR | Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 10:21 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MTR | Alameda, Santa Clara | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.