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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

December 14, 2024Santa Cruz County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 14, 2024, 1:25 PM PST for Santa Cruz County, California. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2024, 1:25 PM PST (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Dec 14, 2024, 1:48 PM PST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Santa Cruz County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 14, 10:15 AM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 10:15 AM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 14, 11:01 AM PST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 14, 11:05 AM PST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 14, 11:43 AM PST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 14, 12:02 PM PST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 14, 12:27 PM PST, 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 14, 1:07 PM PST, 18 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 13, 11:24 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMarin, Sonoma3 hr
Dec 14, 12:56 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSonoma7 hr
Dec 14, 1:38 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa3 hr
Dec 14, 3:20 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR40 min
Dec 14, 4:01 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR29 min
Dec 14, 4:45 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMarin, Sonoma3 hr
Dec 14, 4:51 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRCity and County of San Francisco3 hr
Dec 14, 5:04 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa3 hr
Dec 14, 5:18 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSanta Clara, Santa Cruz3 hr
Dec 14, 5:36 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR24 min
Dec 14, 5:45 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR30 min
Dec 14, 5:51 AM PSTTornado WarningMTRCity and County of San Francisco, San Mateo24 min
Dec 14, 6:06 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR24 min
Dec 14, 7:05 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSan Mateo55 min
Dec 14, 7:13 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMonterey32 min
Dec 14, 7:56 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSonoma44 hr
Dec 14, 8:23 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSonoma17 hr
Dec 14, 8:32 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSonoma11 hr
Dec 14, 8:37 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR48 hr
Dec 14, 11:02 AM PSTFrost AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 2 more22 hr
Dec 14, 12:42 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR33 min
Dec 14, 1:07 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSanta Cruz23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.