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Gale Watch 1, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

March 3, 2016

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this gale watch at Mar 3, 2016, 8:47 PM PST. It took effect at Mar 5, 2016, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2016, 8:47 PM PST (04:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
Expired: Mar 4, 2016, 2:47 AM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Mar 3, 3:43 PM PST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 3:43 PM PST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 2:18 PM PST, 6 hours 29 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 2:47 AM PST	Gale Warning	MTR		44 hr
Mar 4, 3:14 AM PST	Wind Advisory	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more	46 hr
Mar 4, 1:18 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MTR		27 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in California, 2016 Every gale watch in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.