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Small Craft Advisory 33, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

March 23, 2026

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Mar 23, 2026, 2:39 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 25, 2026, 9:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2026, 2:39 PM PDT (21:39 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 25, 2026, 9:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2026, 3:00 AM PDT
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Mar 22, 4:41 PM PDT, 21 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 4:41 PM PDT, 21 hours 58 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
Mar 23, 2:37 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR66 hr
Mar 23, 2:39 PM PDTGale WatchMTR18 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in California, 2026Every small craft advisory in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.