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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Seattle, WA

September 29, 2007San Juan County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Sep 29, 2007, 8:17 PM PDT for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Sep 29, 2007, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 2007, 8:17 PM PDT (03:17 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2007, 11:00 PM PDT
Expired
Sep 30, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

County San Juan County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Quillayute State, WA at 00:00Z on 2007-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Quillayute State, WA at 00:00Z on 2007-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
944 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS76 KSEW 300317
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
817 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2007

WAZ001-503-506-510-511-301300-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0009.070930T0600Z-070930T1800Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
817 PM PDT SAT SEP 29 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH INTERIOR AND HOOD CANAL AREA OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY MORNING.

SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE HOOD CANAL AREA WILL LIKELY OCCUR NORTH
OF THE HOOD CANAL BRIDGE.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR
SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD
ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS WINDS.

$$

MERCER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS76 KSEW 301042
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
342 AM PDT SUN SEP 30 2007

WAZ001-503-506-510-511-301800-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070930T1800Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
342 AM PDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE HOOD CANAL AREA WILL
LIKELY OCCUR NORTH OF THE HOOD CANAL BRIDGE.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR
SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE
ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS WINDS.

$$

MCDONNAL

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.