High Surf — Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, California

2011-02-16 to 2011-02-17 · Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, California

Event narrative

Strong winds and rough seas combined to cause a 15-foot boat to capsize near Bodega Bay resulting in the death of a 65 year-old man.

Wider weather episode

After a prolonged warm and dry spell a strong low pressure trough made its way out of the Gulf of Alaska and into California. This trough began the series of cool weather systems that produced six consecutive days of precipitation in the San Francisco Bay Area and the central California coast. Damaging wind, locally flooding rain, intense hail and even moderate snowfall above 1500 feet were experienced during the first wave of this series.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 286494. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.