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Gale Warning 1, NWS Seattle, WA

January 3, 2009

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 11:39 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarSEW9 days
Jan 3, 2:59 AM PSTGale WatchSEW12 hr
Jan 3, 3:58 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchSEW25 hr
Jan 3, 3:58 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW8 hr
Jan 3, 8:42 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW4 hr
Jan 3, 2:58 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW24 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Washington, 2009Every gale warning in 2009

Sources

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