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Gale Warning 3, NWS Seattle, WA

January 7, 2009

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Jan 7, 2009, 2:21 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 8, 2009, 4:23 AM PST. It was in force for 17 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 7, 2009, 2:21 PM PST (22:21 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 8, 2009, 4:23 AM PST
Expired: Jan 8, 2009, 9:00 PM PST
In force: 17 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 7, 9:35 AM PST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 9:35 AM PST, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 7, 8:35 AM PST, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 9:55 AM PST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 7, 12:40 PM PST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 1:47 PM PST, 34 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
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Whatcom	46 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	3 days
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	69 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Whatcom	51 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Skagit	46 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	57 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	53 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	57 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	70 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	70 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	4 days
Jan 6, 8:00 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	King, Snohomish	36 hr
Jan 6, 9:24 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam	41 hr
Jan 6, 9:24 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	67 hr
Jan 6, 9:44 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam, Mason	36 hr
Jan 6, 10:42 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Lewis, Pierce, Thurston	36 hr
Jan 6, 10:53 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	Skagit, Whatcom	36 hr
Jan 6, 11:00 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	24 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	52 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	49 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	4 days
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	8 days
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	10 days
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	32 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis, Pierce	49 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	49 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	38 hr
Jan 7, 8:12 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	5 days
Jan 7, 9:22 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	19 hr
Jan 7, 9:22 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	61 hr
Jan 7, 9:22 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	31 hr
Jan 7, 10:55 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	4 days
Jan 7, 11:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	29 hr
Jan 7, 11:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce, Thurston	29 hr
Jan 7, 11:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	3 days
Jan 7, 11:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	4 days
Jan 7, 12:19 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	16 hr
Jan 7, 12:59 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis, Thurston	57 hr
Jan 7, 2:21 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		23 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.