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Small Craft Advisory 171, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

August 16, 2020

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Aug 16, 2020, 2:04 PM PDT. It took effect at Aug 17, 2020, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2020, 2:04 PM PDT (21:04 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 17, 2020, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired: Aug 22, 2020, 2:16 AM PDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Aug 16, 11:17 AM PDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 11:17 AM PDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:07 AM PDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:41 AM PDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 9:41 AM PDT, 4 hours 23 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
Aug 16, 12:29 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		31 min
Aug 16, 12:53 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		52 min
Aug 16, 12:59 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		46 min
Aug 16, 1:42 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MTR	Monterey, Santa Cruz	93 min
Aug 16, 1:43 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		47 min
Aug 16, 1:46 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		29 min
Aug 16, 2:02 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		43 min
Aug 16, 2:10 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		2 hr
Aug 16, 2:18 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	MTR		5 days
Aug 16, 2:41 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	Alameda, Monterey, San Benito, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 1 more	94 min
Aug 16, 2:55 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		2 hr
Aug 16, 3:55 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, City and County of San Francisco and 4 more	80 min
Aug 16, 4:25 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		35 min
Aug 16, 5:04 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		56 min
Aug 16, 5:14 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo and 3 more	91 min
Aug 16, 6:10 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	MTR		2 hr
Aug 16, 6:37 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, City and County of San Francisco and 4 more	83 min
Aug 16, 8:07 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 2 more	38 min
Aug 16, 8:41 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Sonoma	49 min

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.