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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Seattle, WA

December 19, 2008San Juan County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 19, 2008, 3:17 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 20, 2008, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2008, 3:17 PM PST (23:17 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2008, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 21, 2008, 4:58 AM PST
In force: 13 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 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 19, 3:00 PM PST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:00 PM PST, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 18, 4:20 PM PST	High Wind Watch	SEW		24 hr
Dec 19, 4:25 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW	San Juan	12 hr
Dec 19, 9:09 AM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		6 hr
Dec 19, 11:20 AM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW		34 hr
Dec 19, 2:56 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		42 hr
Dec 19, 2:56 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		42 hr
Dec 19, 2:56 PM PST	Storm Warning	SEW		35 hr
Dec 19, 3:17 PM PST	Blizzard Warning	SEW		38 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2008 Every winter storm warning in 2008

Sources

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