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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

May 21, 20196 counties in California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this high surf advisory at May 21, 2019, 12:16 PM PDT for 6 counties in California. It took effect at May 21, 2019, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2019, 12:16 PM PDT (19:16 UTC)
In effect from
May 21, 2019, 3:00 PM PDT
Expired
May 23, 2019, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties City and County of San Francisco, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at May 21, 11:16 AM PDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 11:16 AM PDT, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 9:11 PM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarMTR3 days
May 21, 2:18 AM PDTGale WatchMTR12 hr
May 21, 2:18 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR54 hr
May 21, 2:34 PM PDTGale WarningMTR48 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2019Every high surf advisory in 2019

Sources

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