Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches in 2023
High Wind Watch 1, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this high wind watch at Jan 2, 2023, 12:27 PM PST for 11 counties in California. It took effect at Jan 4, 2023, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2023, 12:27 PM PST (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2023, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2023, 9:45 AM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties Alameda County, CA, City and County of San Francisco, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, Napa County, CA, San Benito County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 wind 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 high wind watch went out at Jan 2, 10:37 AM PST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 10:37 AM PST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:47 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MTR | 60 hr | |
| Jan 2, 12:09 PM PST | Flood Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 3 days |
| Jan 2, 1:40 PM PST | Gale Watch | MTR | 13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.