Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 2, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2014, 11:58 AM PST for 8 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 27, 2014, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2014, 11:58 AM PST (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2014, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2014, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties City and County of San Francisco, 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
026 WWUS76 KMTR 271958 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1158 AM PST THU FEB 27 2014 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTLINE AND THROUGH THE EAST BAY HILLS AS WELL AS NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAZ507-518-272100- /O.CAN.KMTR.HW.A.0001.140228T0900Z-140301T1200Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK- 1158 AM PST THU FEB 27 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. $$ CAZ505-509-511-512-517-529-530-281200- /O.UPG.KMTR.HW.A.0001.140228T0900Z-140301T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0002.140228T0600Z-140228T1800Z/ COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 1158 AM PST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: FROM 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL LIKELY TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ006-528-281200- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0002.140228T0600Z-140228T1800Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY- 1158 AM PST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * TIMING: FROM 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL LIKELY TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
710 WWUS76 KMTR 281143 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 343 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTLINE AND THROUGH THE EAST BAY HILLS AS WELL AS NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... CAZ006-505-509-511-512-517-528>530-281800- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T1800Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY- NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 343 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR ALL COASTAL AREAS AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM THE EAST BAY HILLS SOUTHWARD AND THE NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY. * TIMING: THROUGH 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL LIKELY TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
666 WWUS76 KMTR 281757 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 957 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 CAZ006-505-509-511-512-517-528>530-281900- /O.EXP.KMTR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T1800Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 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- 957 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2:43 AM PST | Gale Warning | MTR | 55 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:36 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:11 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Cruz | 51 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:24 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Monterey | 46 hr |
Nearby
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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.