Expires:202008161500;Remove:202008161500;333460 WUUS56 KMTR 161337 SVRMTR CAC001-013-041-053-055-075-081-085-087-097-161500- /O.NEW.KMTR.SV.W.0004.200816T1337Z-200816T1500Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service San Francisco CA 637 AM PDT Sun Aug 16 2020 The National Weather Service in The San Francisco Bay Area has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Marin County in northern California... Alameda County in northern California... San Mateo County in northern California... Santa Cruz County in northern California... Sonoma County in northern California... Contra Costa County in northern California... San Francisco County in northern California... Santa Clara County in northern California... Northwestern Monterey County in central California... Napa County in northern California... * Until 800 AM PDT. * At 634 AM PDT, public and radar indicate several training thunderstorms capable of producing gusty errastic winds and frequent lightning, moving north at 40 to 50mph across the region. A steady stream of new thunderstorms are expected to develop throughout the day. HAZARD...Erratic outflow wind gusts of 50 to 75 mph near thunderstorms. Frequent lightning lead to new wildfire starts. SOURCE...Public. IMPACT...Expect down trees, down powerlines, power outages, wildfire starts in remote areas, difficulty driving in the winds. * Locations impacted include... Coastal Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains, San Francisco Bay Area PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in The San Francisco Bay Area. Damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3867 12262 3877 12232 3844 12220 3815 12223 3815 12240 3804 12216 3808 12172 3803 12177 3803 12174 3810 12157 3726 12157 3655 12173 3639 12191 3666 12202 3681 12188 3707 12241 3777 12261 3798 12302 3878 12317 3882 12278 TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 187DEG 44KT 3974 12308 3816 12211 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...70MPH $$ DRP