Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 1, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2016, 12:20 PM PST for San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, California. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2016, 12:20 PM PST (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
482 WWUS76 KMTR 212020 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 1220 PM PST THU JAN 21 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS...EAST BAY HILLS AND SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE... BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. CAZ507-511-512-220600- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.160123T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 1220 PM PST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND PEAK FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ON SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS AND SATURATED SOILS TREES MAY TOPPLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY TAKE DOWN POWER LINES AND LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
188 WWUS76 KMTR 220308 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 708 PM PST THU JAN 21 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS...EAST BAY HILLS AND SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE... BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. CAZ507-511-512-221400- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.160123T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 708 PM PST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND PEAK FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ON SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS AND SATURATED SOILS TREES MAY TOPPLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY TAKE DOWN POWER LINES AND LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
835 WWUS76 KMTR 221205 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 405 AM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN WAKE OF A SECOND FRONTAL PASSAGE. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS...EAST BAY HILLS AND SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE...BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. CAZ507-511-512-222300- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.160123T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 405 AM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND PEAK TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ON SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS AND SATURATED SOILS...TREES MAY TOPPLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY TAKE DOWN POWER LINES AND LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$
078 WWUS76 KMTR 222320 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 320 PM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE HILLS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS...EAST BAY HILLS AND SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. CAZ507-511-512-231200- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.160123T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 320 PM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PEAK FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS AND SATURATED SOILS...TREES MAY TOPPLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY TAKE DOWN POWER LINES AND LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
066 WWUS76 KMTR 230330 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 730 PM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 CAZ511-512-230430- /O.CAN.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 730 PM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HILLS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ CAZ507-231200- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- 730 PM PST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY EVENING AND PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS AND SATURATED SOILS...TREES MAY TOPPLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY TAKE DOWN POWER LINES AND LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
148 WWUS76 KMTR 231159 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 359 AM PST SAT JAN 23 2016 CAZ507-231300- /O.EXP.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS- 359 AM PST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... WHILE BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING OVER THE NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS...WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 5:23 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma | 65 hr |
| Jan 21, 8:29 AM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:41 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | MTR | 63 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.