Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 3, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2014, 10:37 AM PDT for 8 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 11, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2014, 10:37 AM PDT (17:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2014, 8:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Marin County, CA, Napa County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 2126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
364 WWUS76 KMTR 111737 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1037 AM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... CAZ506>511-120400- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.140312T0300Z-140312T1500Z/ 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- 1037 AM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: THIS EVENING LASTING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: EAST NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 1000 FEET AND UP TO 50 MPH AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THESE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
627 WWUS76 KMTR 111854 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1153 AM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... CAZ506>511-120530- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.140312T0300Z-140312T1500Z/ NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- 1153 AM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: THIS EVENING LASTING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: EAST NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 1000 FEET AND UP TO 50 MPH AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THESE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
015 WWUS76 KMTR 120119 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 619 PM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... CAZ506>511-121500- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.140312T0300Z-140312T1500Z/ 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- 619 PM PDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: THIS EVENING LASTING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: EAST NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 1000 FEET AND UP TO 50 MPH AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THESE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
152 WWUS76 KMTR 121043 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 343 AM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... CAZ506>511-121500- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140312T1500Z/ NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- 343 AM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING: THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 1000 FEET AND UP TO 50 MPH AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THESE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
182 WWUS76 KMTR 121458 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 758 AM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 CAZ506>511-121600- /O.EXP.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140312T1500Z/ 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- 758 AM PDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 AM THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 12:30 PM PDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 33 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.