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Gale Warning 2, NWS San Diego, CA

May 6, 2014

NWS San Diego, CA issued this gale warning at May 6, 2014, 2:37 AM PDT. It took effect at May 6, 2014, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2014, 2:37 AM PDT (09:37 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2014, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired
May 6, 2014, 8:02 PM PDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

481 
WHUS76 KSGX 060937
MWWSGX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
237 AM PDT TUE MAY 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE INNER COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING...

...GALE WARNING FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS LATER THIS MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BRING STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
AND ROUGH SEAS. WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BUILD TODAY
AND SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY.

PZZ775-062100-
/O.EXT.KSGX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140506T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.GL.W.0002.140506T1500Z-140507T1800Z/
WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO
60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND-
237 AM PDT TUE MAY 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS EARLY
  THIS MORNING...BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS LATER
  THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY
  WEAKEN TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE
  NEAR SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND.

* SEAS...PEAKING AT 8 TO 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...WITH STEEP WAVES PRODUCING ROUGH CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
AND COMBINED SEAS OF 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED
MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD
AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ750-062100-
/O.CON.KSGX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140507T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT
30 NM-
237 AM PDT TUE MAY 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25
  KNOTS...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS THIS
  AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

* SEAS...PEAKING AT 6 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...WITH STEEP WAVES PRODUCING ROUGH CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
AND COMBINED SEAS OF 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED
MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD
AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

FOR THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS...WARNINGS...AND OBSERVATIONS...VISIT: 

     HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO/MARINE/MARINE.PHP?WFO=SGX

SS
2 follow-up statements
013 
WHUS76 KSGX 062053
MWWSGX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
153 PM PDT TUE MAY 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE INNER COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 3 AM
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

...GALE WARNING FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 3
AM TONIGHT THEN WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL CRAFT THROUGH 11 AM
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BRING STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS. WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

PZZ775-070400-
/O.EXT.KSGX.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140507T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.SC.Y.0010.140507T1000Z-140507T1800Z/
WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO
60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND-
153 PM PDT TUE MAY 6 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 
  KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS GRADUALLY WEAKEN TONIGHT BECOMING
  15 TO 20 KT GUSTING TO 25 KT BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
  
* SEAS...PEAKING AT 8 TO 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING...WITH STEEP WAVES PRODUCING ROUGH CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
AND COMBINED SEAS OF 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED
MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD
AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ750-070400-
/O.EXT.KSGX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140507T1000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT
30 NM-
153 PM PDT TUE MAY 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS... 
  WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY 
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* SEAS...PEAKING AT 6 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING...WITH STEEP WAVES PRODUCING ROUGH CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
AND COMBINED SEAS OF 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED
MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD
AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

JT

FOR THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS...WARNINGS...AND OBSERVATIONS...VISIT: 

     HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO/MARINE/MARINE.PHP?WFO=SGX
625 
WHUS76 KSGX 070302
MWWSGX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
802 PM PDT TUE MAY 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE INNER COASTAL WATERS
THROUGH 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING...

...GALE WARNING DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OUTER
WATERS...

.A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BRING MODERATELY STRONG WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PZZ775-071015-
/O.CAN.KSGX.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140507T1000Z/
/O.EXT.KSGX.SC.Y.0010.140507T0302Z-140507T1800Z/
WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO
60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND-
802 PM PDT TUE MAY 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WARNING. 

* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS
  THIS EVENING. WINDS GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT BECOMING 15
  TO 20 KT GUSTING TO 25 KT BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* SEAS...8 TO 10 FEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH STEEP
  WAVES PRODUCING ROUGH CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
AND COMBINED SEAS OF 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED
MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD
AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ750-071000-
/O.CON.KSGX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140507T1000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT
30 NM-
802 PM PDT TUE MAY 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS... 
  WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING. 

* SEAS...6 TO 8 FEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH STEEP WAVES
  PRODUCING ROUGH CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
AND COMBINED SEAS OF 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED
MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD
AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

MAXWELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

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May 6, 1:53 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisorySGX21 hr

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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.