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Gale Warning 40, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

October 13, 2025

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this gale warning at Oct 13, 2025, 2:49 AM PDT. It took effect at Oct 13, 2025, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 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: Oct 13, 2025, 2:49 AM PDT (09:49 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 13, 2025, 3:00 PM PDT
Expired: Oct 13, 2025, 9:00 PM PDT
In force: 6 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 Oct 13, 2:08 AM PDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 2:08 AM PDT, 41 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
Oct 12, 8:33 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	MTR		24 hr
Oct 13, 2:49 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	MTR		36 hr
Oct 13, 2:43 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MTR	Napa	2 hr
Oct 13, 3:25 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MTR	Marin, Napa, Sonoma	3 hr
Oct 13, 3:39 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa	3 hr
Oct 13, 3:40 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MTR	City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo	3 hr
Oct 13, 4:21 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MTR	San Mateo, Santa Cruz	5 hr
Oct 13, 4:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MTR	Santa Cruz	37 min
Oct 13, 4:33 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa	5 hr
Oct 13, 4:53 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MTR	Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	6 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.