Alert archive / Washington / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 1, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Jan 3, 2009, 2:58 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 4, 2009, 3:01 AM PST. It was in force for 37 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
- Jan 3, 2009, 2:58 PM PST (22:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2009, 3:01 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2009, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 3, 9:10 AM PST, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 9:10 AM PST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 7:01 AM PST, 7 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 701 AM PST SAT JAN 3 2009 WAZ001-503>512-514-515-517-040100- SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- CENTRAL COAST- 701 AM PST SAT JAN 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS...MORE NUMEROUS ON THE COAST... WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA TODAY BEFORE DIMINISHING OR ENDING THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. HOWEVER DUE TO THE HIT AND MISS NATURE OF THE SHOWERS...THERE COULD BE ISOLATED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX OR JUST RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EVEN WETTER STORM ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WEATHER.GOV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 11:39 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 9 days | |
| Jan 3, 2:59 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:58 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:58 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Jan 3, 8:42 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Jan 3, 2:58 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.