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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

December 25, 2025Monterey County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 25, 2025, 7:35 PM PST for Monterey County, California. It was in force for 25 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 25, 2025, 7:35 PM PST (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2025, 8:00 PM PST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Monterey County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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 25, 12:22 PM PST, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 12:22 PM PST, 7 hours 13 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 25, 4:08 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR37 min
Dec 25, 4:09 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR20 min
Dec 25, 4:17 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Mateo28 min
Dec 25, 4:19 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR26 min
Dec 25, 4:25 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR35 min
Dec 25, 4:31 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR29 min
Dec 25, 4:45 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Mateo15 min
Dec 25, 4:59 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR31 min
Dec 25, 5:01 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR29 min
Dec 25, 5:08 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR20 min
Dec 25, 5:26 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR34 min
Dec 25, 5:27 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR16 min
Dec 25, 5:30 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR30 min
Dec 25, 5:35 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR38 min
Dec 25, 5:37 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRMarin, City and County of San Francisco23 min
Dec 25, 5:46 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Mateo29 min
Dec 25, 5:50 PM PSTTornado WarningMTRSan Mateo, Santa Cruz25 min
Dec 25, 6:05 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR25 min
Dec 25, 6:11 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR34 min
Dec 25, 6:12 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRMonterey33 min
Dec 25, 6:13 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSan Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz2 hr
Dec 25, 6:18 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Mateo27 min
Dec 25, 6:21 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRCity and County of San Francisco54 min
Dec 25, 6:35 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey, Santa Cruz3 hr
Dec 25, 6:35 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRSan Mateo, Santa Clara8 min
Dec 25, 6:44 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSanta Clara2 hr
Dec 25, 6:54 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRMonterey36 min
Dec 25, 6:58 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR10 min
Dec 25, 7:07 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMonterey53 min
Dec 25, 7:11 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR49 min
Dec 25, 7:13 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMTRMonterey19 min
Dec 25, 7:26 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey2 hr
Dec 25, 7:57 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMonterey33 min
Dec 26, 12:41 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSanta Clara, Santa Cruz4 hr
Dec 26, 3:08 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR48 hr
Dec 26, 1:30 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSanta Cruz30 min
Dec 26, 1:48 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR27 min
Dec 26, 2:19 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR26 min
Dec 26, 2:27 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRNapa, Sonoma3 hr
Dec 26, 2:30 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMarin30 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.