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Winter Storm Warning 24, NWS Seattle, WA

November 6, 2009

NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm warning at Nov 6, 2009, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 23 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: Nov 6, 2009, 4:00 PM PST (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Nov 7, 2009, 3:25 PM PST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

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 Nov 6, 3:48 PM PST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 3:48 PM PST, 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 12:22 PM PST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1222 PM PST FRI NOV 06 2009

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

1221 PM     HAIL             1 E BALLARD             47.67N 122.36W
11/06/2009  E0.25 INCH       KING               WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY HAIL SHOWER. HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

GRUB

Local storm report, Nov 6, 12:29 PM PST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1229 PM PST FRI NOV 06 2009

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

1229 PM     HAIL             5 ENE BALLARD           47.71N 122.30W
11/06/2009  E0.25 INCH       KING               WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY HAIL SHOWER. LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH. HAIL
            COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

GRUB

Local storm report, Nov 6, 12:32 PM PST, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1232 PM PST FRI NOV 06 2009

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

1231 PM     HAIL             5 ESE MONTESANO         46.98N 123.50W
11/06/2009  E0.25 INCH       GRAYS HARBOR       WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY HAIL SHOWER PASSED THROUGH.

&&

GRUB

Local storm report, Nov 6, 12:47 PM PST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1247 PM PST FRI NOV 06 2009

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

1246 PM     HAIL             1 SSE CLEARVIEW         47.82N 122.11W
11/06/2009  M0.50 INCH       SNOHOMISH          WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY HAIL SHOWERS STARTING TO COVER THE GROUND. HAIL
            SIZE BETWEEN A QUARTER TO HALF INCH.

&&

GRUB

Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:31 PM PST, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:33 PM PST, 27 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
Nov 7, 3:07 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		11 hr
Nov 7, 2:33 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		18 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2009 Every winter storm 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.