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Storm Watch 2, NWS Seattle, WA

December 29, 2008

NWS Seattle, WA issued this storm watch at Dec 29, 2008, 4:53 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 30, 2008, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2008, 4:53 PM PST (00:53 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 30, 2008, 2:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 29, 2008, 8:59 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this storm watch went out at Dec 29, 4:30 PM PST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 4:30 PM PST, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 29, 11:05 AM PST, 5 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1105 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1104 AM     SNOW             3 WNW SEKIU             48.28N 124.37W
12/29/2008  E0.2 INCH        CLALLAM            WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1/4 INCH OF WET SNOW. CURRENTLY SNOWING MODERATELY AND 33
            DEGREES. CONDITIONS ARE WORSE ON HIGHWAY 101 TOWARD LAKE
            CRESCENT.

&&

DDAMICO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 29, 4:53 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		4 hr
Dec 29, 4:53 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 hr
Dec 29, 8:41 PM PST	High Wind Watch	SEW		7 hr
Dec 29, 8:59 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		37 hr
Dec 30, 3:49 AM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW		25 hr
Dec 30, 3:49 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	27 hr
Dec 30, 3:49 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		36 hr

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.