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Gale Watch 4, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

January 20, 2017

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this gale watch at Jan 20, 2017, 2:33 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 21, 2017, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2017, 2:33 PM PST (22:33 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2017, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 21, 2017, 4:53 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 Jan 20, 2:10 PM PST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 2:10 PM PST, 23 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 20, 1:51 PM PST, 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 9:01 PM PSTGale WarningMTR10 hr
Jan 19, 9:01 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR42 hr
Jan 20, 1:26 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMarin, Sonoma3 hr
Jan 20, 3:02 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR43 min
Jan 20, 3:39 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Mateo36 min
Jan 20, 4:07 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR23 min
Jan 20, 4:14 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo31 min
Jan 20, 4:49 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningMTRSonoma4 hr
Jan 20, 5:27 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSan Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz3 hr
Jan 20, 6:38 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningMTRSanta Cruz6 hr
Jan 20, 7:08 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningMTRSanta Clara6 hr
Jan 20, 7:31 AM PSTAreal Flood WarningMTRSanta Cruz12 hr
Jan 20, 7:55 AM PSTAreal Flood WarningMTRSonoma18 hr
Jan 20, 12:20 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningMTRSan Benito4 hr
Jan 20, 12:51 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more15 hr
Jan 20, 1:27 PM PSTFlash Flood WatchMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more3 days
Jan 20, 2:33 PM PSTGale WarningMTR42 hr
Jan 20, 3:51 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSan Benito, Santa Clara70 hr
Jan 20, 3:56 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningMTRSan Benito, Santa Clara72 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.