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Gale Warning 6, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

January 13, 2023

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this gale warning at Jan 13, 2023, 2:33 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 13, 2023, 9:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2023, 2:33 PM PST (22:33 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 13, 2023, 9:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 14, 2023, 9:00 PM PST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 warning went out at Jan 13, 12:52 PM PST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 12:52 PM PST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 13, 2:33 PM PST, 0 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
Jan 12, 6:49 PM PST	High Surf Warning	MTR	Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma	39 hr
Jan 12, 7:37 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more	14 hr
Jan 13, 8:52 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MTR		6 hr
Jan 13, 12:07 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	MTR	Sonoma	10 hr
Jan 13, 12:32 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, City and County of San Francisco and 4 more	68 hr
Jan 13, 12:41 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more	25 hr
Jan 13, 2:33 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MTR		12 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.