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Gale Warning 6, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

February 16, 2026

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this gale warning at Feb 16, 2026, 8:32 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 16, 2026, 9:00 PM PST. It was in force for 36 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
Feb 16, 2026, 8:32 PM PST (04:32 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2026, 9:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 18, 2026, 9:00 AM PST
In force
36 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 Feb 16, 4:49 PM PST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 4:49 PM PST, 3 hours 43 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
Feb 17, 2:56 AM PSTCold Weather AdvisoryMTRMarin, Monterey, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and 1 more30 hr
Feb 17, 2:59 AM PSTExtreme Cold WarningMTRMonterey, San Benito, Santa Clara30 hr
Feb 17, 7:10 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMarin, Napa, Sonoma3 hr
Feb 17, 8:26 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRContra Costa34 min
Feb 17, 9:53 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz9 hr
Feb 17, 11:08 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSanta Clara52 min
Feb 17, 1:18 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMonterey27 min
Feb 17, 1:30 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMonterey7 hr
Feb 17, 1:50 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMonterey25 min
Feb 17, 2:14 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMonterey31 min
Feb 17, 2:30 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR30 min
Feb 17, 2:42 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRMonterey33 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.