Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 3, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 8, 2015, 10:08 PM PST for 11 counties in California. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2015, 10:08 PM PST (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2015, 3:57 AM PST
- In force
- 6 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, Napa 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926 WWUS76 KMTR 090608 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1008 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015 AT 10 PM THERE WERE STILL WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS BEING EXTENDED THROUGH 4 AM MONDAY MORNING. CAZ006-505>513-517-528>530-091200- /O.EXP.KMTR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150209T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.150209T0608Z-150209T1200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- 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- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE- 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- 1008 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS: THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ516-518-091200- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.150209T0608Z-150209T1200Z/ SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK- 1008 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * TIMING: SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS: THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
688 WWUS76 KMTR 091157 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 357 AM PST MON FEB 9 2015 CAZ006-505>513-516>518-528>530-091300- /O.CAN.KMTR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150209T1200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- 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- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE- SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK- NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY- NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 357 AM PST MON FEB 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... WIND SPEEDS HAVE CONTINUED TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR OUR AREA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 AM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2:22 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MTR | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.