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Special Weather Statement, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

December 20, 2023Monterey County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this special weather statement at Dec 20, 2023, 8:13 AM PST for Monterey County, California. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2023, 8:13 AM PST (16:13 UTC)
Expired
Dec 20, 2023, 8:30 AM PST
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

County Monterey County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Dec 20, 3:42 AM PST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 3:42 AM PST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 20, 7:46 AM PST, 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 20, 7:49 AM PST, 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 20, 7:53 AM PST, 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 20, 8:00 AM PST, 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 20, 8:07 AM PST, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 20, 8:13 AM 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 9:32 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMTRMonterey21 hr
Dec 20, 2:34 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR24 hr
Dec 20, 4:06 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR39 min
Dec 20, 4:29 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMarin, Sonoma4 hr
Dec 20, 6:14 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey3 hr
Dec 20, 6:18 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSanta Clara, Santa Cruz3 hr
Dec 20, 6:23 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR22 min
Dec 20, 6:44 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, Santa Cruz2 hr
Dec 20, 6:46 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara119 min
Dec 20, 6:47 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR13 min
Dec 20, 6:49 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey116 min
Dec 20, 6:59 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR31 min
Dec 20, 7:01 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz106 min
Dec 20, 7:20 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSanta Cruz25 min
Dec 20, 7:25 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSanta Clara, Santa Cruz65 min
Dec 20, 7:32 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRCity and County of San Francisco, San Mateo4 hr
Dec 20, 7:45 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey106 min
Dec 20, 7:47 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz58 min
Dec 20, 8:41 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMarin, Sonoma3 hr
Dec 20, 8:47 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz118 min
Dec 20, 8:54 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa2 hr
Dec 20, 8:58 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, San Benito2 hr
Dec 20, 9:29 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey61 min
Dec 20, 9:31 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSonoma3 hr
Dec 20, 9:45 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, San Benito, Santa Clara60 min
Dec 20, 10:46 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz50 min
Dec 20, 11:02 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, San Benito33 min
Dec 20, 11:38 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, San Benito, Santa Clara4 hr
Dec 20, 12:05 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo and 2 more21 hr
Dec 20, 3:59 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningMTRMonterey, San Benito, Santa Clara3 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.