Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2010
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Apr 1, 2010, 4:03 PM PDT for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Apr 2, 2010, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 21 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
- Apr 1, 2010, 4:03 PM PDT (23:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2010, 3:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2010, 12:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 21 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 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
095 WWUS76 KSEW 012303 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 403 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 WAZ001-503-504-506-510-514-515-020600- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0006.100402T1300Z-100403T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0008.100402T1200Z-100403T0400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 403 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...NORTH INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM ADMIRALTY INLET NORTHWARD...AND FOR THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA OF THURSTON COUNTY FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY... * VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DEEP SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY. THE WINDIEST AREAS WILL INITIALLY BE NEAR THE ENTRANCES TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...AND NEAR LAKE LAWRENCE AND OTHER AREAS OPEN TO SOUTHERLY WINDS. WINDS OUTSIDE OF THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA OF THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WILL BE LESS...30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. ELSEWHERE WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * A STRONG WESTERLY SURGE OF WIND WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHEASTERLY TO WESTERLY BRINGING THE STRONGEST WINDS TO THE STRAIT...AND AREAS NEAR WHIDBEY ISLAND. EXPECT THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO SUBSIDE LATE FRIDAY EVENING. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON FRIDAY DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ516-517-020600- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0006.100402T1300Z-100403T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0008.100402T1000Z-100403T0200Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 403 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WASHINGTON COAST FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WASHINGTON COAST FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * ANTICIPATE THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO BECOME WESTERLY AND SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY EVENING. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL AREA DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ505-507>509-511-512-020600- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0006.100402T1300Z-100403T0100Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 403 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER PUGET SOUND REGION...EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS...AND THE LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...SOUTH WINDS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY...OVER PORTIONS OF INTERIOR WESTERN WASHINGTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK AND DEPTH OF THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW MOVING NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF WASHINGTON. AT THIS TIME...THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO WOULD GENERATE SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. HOWEVER...IF THE SURFACE LOW DEEPENS MORE THAN EXPECTED...WIND SPEEDS COULD REACH CLOSE TO HIGH WIND CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL DETAILS ARE MORE CERTAIN. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. && $$ MERCER WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
6 follow-up statements
953 WWUS76 KSEW 020525 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1025 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 WAZ516-517-021330- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.100402T1000Z-100403T0200Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1025 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY. * VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WASHINGTON COAST FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * ANTICIPATE THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO BECOME WESTERLY AND SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY EVENING. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL AREA DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ001-503-504-506-510-514-515-021330- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.100402T1200Z-100403T0400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 1025 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY. * A STRONG WESTERLY SURGE OF WIND WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHEASTERLY TO WESTERLY BRINGING THE STRONGEST WINDS TO THE STRAIT...AND AREAS NEAR WHIDBEY ISLAND. EXPECT THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO SUBSIDE LATE FRIDAY EVENING. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON FRIDAY DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ505-507>509-511-512-021330- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0006.100402T1300Z-100403T0100Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 1025 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM PDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM PDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...SOUTH WINDS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY...OVER PORTIONS OF INTERIOR WESTERN WASHINGTON. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK AND DEPTH OF THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW MOVING NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF WASHINGTON. AT THIS TIME...THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO WOULD GENERATE SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. HOWEVER...IF THE SURFACE LOW DEEPENS MORE THAN EXPECTED...WIND SPEEDS COULD REACH CLOSE TO HIGH WIND CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL DETAILS ARE MORE CERTAIN. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. && $$
580 WWUS76 KSEW 021055 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 355 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 WAZ516-517-021900- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0200Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 355 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WASHINGTON COAST THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * ANTICIPATE THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO BECOME WESTERLY AND SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY THIS EVENING. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL AREA DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ001-503-504-506-510-514-515-021900- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.100402T1200Z-100403T0400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 355 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * A STRONG WESTERLY SURGE OF WIND WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHEASTERLY TO WESTERLY BRINGING THE STRONGEST WINDS TO THE STRAIT...AND AREAS NEAR WHIDBEY ISLAND. EXPECT THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ505-507>509-511-512-021900- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0006.100402T1300Z-100403T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0013.100402T1300Z-100403T0100Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 355 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS ACROSS INTERIOR WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. AT THIS TIME...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID DAY AND CONTINUE IN TO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN MORE EXPOSED AREAS. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CERNIGLIA
938 WWUS76 KSEW 021546 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 846 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 WAZ511-030000- /O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100403T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0100Z/ HOOD CANAL AREA- 846 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS ACROSS INTERIOR WESTERN WASHINGTON LATE THIS MORNING. A SECONDARY BACK BENT FEATURE WILL MOVE ON SHORE BEHIND THE FRONT MOVES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL ALSO ENHANCE THE WINDS. EXPECT POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TIME TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE FRONT AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ001-503-504-506-510-514-515-030000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 846 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * A STRONG WESTERLY SURGE OF WIND WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHEASTERLY TO WESTERLY BRINGING THE STRONGEST WINDS TO THE STRAIT...AND AREAS NEAR WHIDBEY ISLAND. EXPECT THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ516-517-030000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0200Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 846 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * VERY STRONG...AND DAMAGING...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 40 WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE THIS MORNING. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL AREA DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ505-507>509-512-030000- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100403T0100Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 846 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS ACROSS INTERIOR WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. AT THIS TIME...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID DAY AND CONTINUE IN TO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY IN MORE EXPOSED AREAS. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
689 WWUS76 KSEW 022146 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 246 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 WAZ001-503-504-506-510-514-515-030400- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 246 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * VERY STRONG...AND DAMAGING...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A STRONG WESTERLY SURGE OF WIND THROUGH THE STRAIT WILL OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE WIND DIRECTION TO SHIFT TO WESTERLY BRINGING THE CONTINUED DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO THE STRAIT...AND AREAS NEAR WHIDBEY ISLAND. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ511-030100- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0100Z/ HOOD CANAL AREA- 246 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * VERY STRONG...AND DAMAGING...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ516-517-030200- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0200Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 246 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * VERY STRONG...AND DAMAGING...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL AREA DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ505-507>509-512-030400- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100403T0400Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 246 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE EASING. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY IN MORE EXPOSED AREAS. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
986 WWUS76 KSEW 022209 CCA NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 302 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 WAZ001-503-504-506-510-514-515-030400- /O.COR.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 302 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * VERY STRONG...AND DAMAGING...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A STRONG WESTERLY SURGE OF WIND THROUGH THE STRAIT WILL OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE WIND DIRECTION TO SHIFT TO WESTERLY BRINGING THE CONTINUED DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO THE STRAIT...AND AREAS NEAR WHIDBEY ISLAND. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING. * THE WINDIEST AREAS IN THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEAR THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA AND OTHER LOCATIONS OPEN TO SOUTHERLY WINDS. WINDS OUTSIDE OF THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA OF THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WILL BE LESS...30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ511-030100- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0100Z/ HOOD CANAL AREA- 302 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * VERY STRONG...AND DAMAGING...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ516-517-030200- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0200Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 302 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * VERY STRONG...AND DAMAGING...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL AREA DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ505-507>509-512-030400- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100403T0400Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 302 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE EASING. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY IN MORE EXPOSED AREAS. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME OF THE REGIONS TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
809 WWUS76 KSEW 030220 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 720 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 WAZ504-030700- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100403T0700Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- 720 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST UNTIL MIDNIGHT BEFORE EASING. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN MORE EXPOSED AREAS. * IN PREVIOUS EVENTS THE LOCAL AREA RIGHT AROUND LAKE LAWRENCE HAS EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST WINDS IN THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. THAT IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS WELL. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ516-517-030330- /O.EXP.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0200Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 720 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE. * TIMING: STRONG WIND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN DIMINISH. * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. $$ WAZ512-030330- /O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100403T0400Z/ LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 720 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND HAS DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE. $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-514-515-030700- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100403T0700Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 720 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * VERY STRONG...AND DAMAGING...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * A STRONG WESTERLY SURGE OF WIND THROUGH THE STRAIT WILL OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN LAND AREAS ADJACENT TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ505-507>509-030700- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100403T0700Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- 720 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS BEFORE EASING. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN MORE EXPOSED AREAS. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES THIS EVENING DUE TO POWER LINES BEING DAMAGED BY TREE LIMBS. SOME TREES HAVE BEGUN TO LEAF OUT ALREADY...WHICH COULD ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE TO OCCUR. RAIN SOAKED GROUND COULD ALLOW TREES TO EASILY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BURKE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Apr 1, 3:30 PM PDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 3:30 PM PDT, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
330 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010
CORRECTED THE AVIATION...MARINE...AND WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY
SEGMENTS.
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG LATE SEASON STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE
EASTERN PACIFIC TONIGHT WILL MOVE INTO VANCOUVER ISLAND JUST OFF THE
NORTHWEST TIP OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS
SYSTEM WILL DRIVE A STRONG FRONT ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY PRODUCING
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. COOL AND
UNSTABLE AIR WILL INVADE THE REGION BEHIND THIS SYSTEM FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER...WEAKER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST
LATER SUNDAY AND LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. A SERIES OF
WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...LATEST RADAR LOOP INDICATES SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY
CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF WRN WA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE
REMAIN MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE BUT DIURNAL INSTABILITY WILL WANE
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WILL LEAVE POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY WITH
THE EXPECTATION THAT SHOWERS WILL START TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE.
WV AND IR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE NEXT STRONG LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OUT NEAR 150 W AND 45 N. A VERY STRONG
190+ KT JET WILL SPUR A SURFACE LOW TO DEEPEN OVERNIGHT. THE JET
WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT BUT THE FLOW WILL BUCKLE PUTTING THE PAC NW IN
THE STORM TRACK. ALL MODELS AGREE THAT A DEEPENING LOW WILL TRACK
INLAND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE N WA COAST AND THE CENTRAL VANCOUVER
COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE ECMWF/NAM/AND MOST GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS
TRACK A SUB 980 MB SURFACE LOW INTO S/CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND. THIS
SCENARIO WOULD LIKELY PRODUCE THE STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD
WINDS ACROSS WRN WA. THE OPERATIONAL GFS AND MM5 ARE WEAKER AND
TRACK A BROADER SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA WITH A
SOMEWHAT LESS FAVORABLE TRAJECTORY. BASED ON FORECAST SURFACE
GRADIENTS AND THE MEAN MODEL SURFACE LOW TRACK...IT SEEMS PRUDENT TO
CONVERT THE HIGH WIND WATCHES TO A WARNINGS FOR THE
COAST...STRAIT...AND N INTERIOR SINCE THESE LOCATIONS WILL PROBABLY
VERIFY AT LEAST IN GUSTS IN EITHER OUTCOME. AS FOR THE GREATER PUGET
SOUND REGION AND SW INTERIOR...THE EXACT DEPTH AND LANDFALL LOCATION
WILL MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE ON WIND SPEEDS. THESE LOCATIONS COULD
END UP LOWER END ADVISORY OR POSSIBLY LOW END HIGH WIND CRITERIA.
SINCE THE STRONGER WINDS HOLD OFF HERE UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON I HAVE
OPTED TO LEAVE THE WATCH IN PLACE AND LET THE NEXT SHIFT LOOK AT
ADDITIONAL MODEL RUNS BEFORE MAKING A DECISION. WILL WORD THE
STATEMENT TO LEAN TOWARD ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS FOR NOW.
THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO PACK A GOOD DEAL OF MOISTURE AND STRONG SLY
FLOW BECOMING WLY BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SLOPES THAT DO
WELL IN S AND W FLOW REGIMES WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT OF
PRECIPITATION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LOW...GENERALLY IN THE
2000-2500 FOOT RANGE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN THE PASSES WILL LIKELY
OCCUR LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS STRONG POST FRONTAL
WESTERLIES WILL BE IDEAL FOR OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT. THE MOUNTAINS
AND PASSES SHOULD RECEIVE 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW BY THE END OF THE
EVENT SATURDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY 3 FEET POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS FAVORED BY BOTH S AND W FLOW SUCH AS MT BAKER AND
PARADISE. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WEST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND PASSES FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL
CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE
PASSES. THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL BE CONVERTED TO A WARNING THIS
AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL FIRST TAPPER OFF TO SHOWERS OVER THE OLYMPICS FRIDAY NIGHT
THEN ACROSS THE CASCADES BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AS THE FLOW WEAKENS. A
DEEPENING TROUGH OFFSHORE SATURDAY NIGHT WILL FORCE SOME WEAK
RIDGING OVER WA ALLOWING PRECIP TO BECOME JUST SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MODELS SLOW THE EWD PROGRESS OF THE LOW ON SUNDAY BUT BRING IT JUST
CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE COAST TO WARRANT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA.
.LONG TERM...THE COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. MODELS SWING A LOW IN ACROSS THE AREA ON
MONDAY WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. COOL
AND MOIST NW FLOW IS LEFT IN ITS WAKE WHICH EXTENDS UPSTREAM TO THE
GULF OF ALASKA. THIS PATTERN IS PRETTY GOOD FOR PRODUCING
OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW LEVELS
REMAINING DOWN TO PASS LEVELS. A SERIES OF WEAK SYSTEM WILL
TRANSVERSE WRN WA THROUGH MID WEEK WITH SNOW AT TIMES IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND UNSEASONABLY LOW SNOW LEVELS. MERCER
&&
.HYDRO...A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW TO
THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS
WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LOW...AROUND 2000 TO 2500 FEET WHICH WILL
MITIGATE THE RISK OF FLOODING IN MOST BASINS. THE STRONG SLY FLOW
OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL FAVOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER THE S
FACING SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS WHERE MODELS ARE PRODUCING 2-3 INCHES
QPF. AT THIS TIME...THE ONLY RIVER AT SLIGHT RISK FOR FLOODING IS
THE SKOKOMISH RIVER SINCE PART OF THE BASIN LIES BELOW THE SNOW
LEVEL. HOWEVER...THE LATEST HYDRO MODELS DO NOT BRING THE SKOKOMISH
RIVER TO FLOOD STAGE. NO PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS AND ANY FLOOD STATEMENTS. NO FLOODING
IS EXPECTED ON OTHER RIVERS INCLUDING THE GREEN. MERCER
&&
.AVIATION...DELAYED.
&&
.MARINE...
A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW WELL OFF THE OREGON COAST WILL DEEPEN
OVERNIGHT AND RACE NE TOWARD THE COASTAL WATERS. THIS LOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEEPEN TO NEAR 975 MB BEFORE MOVING ACROSS VANCOUVER
ISLAND EARLY FRI AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG...COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FRI MORNING...AND THE INTERIOR IN
THE AFTERNOON. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT FRI
NIGHT...BUT WILL WEAKEN ON SATURDAY.
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE OLYMPICS FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT.
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CASCADES FROM FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST...STRAIT OF JUAN
DE FUCA...NORTH INTERIOR FROM ADMIRALTY INLET NORTHWARD...AND
THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR /VICINITY OF LAKE LAWRENCE/.
HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PUGET
SOUND REGION AND LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY.
PZ...A STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FOR FRI.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING WATERS THRU FRI NIGHT.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH GRAYS HARBOR BAR CONDITIONS IS
IN EFFECT THRU SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
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Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 10:26 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 46 hr | |
| Apr 1, 10:26 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Apr 1, 10:26 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Apr 1, 10:26 AM PDT | Storm Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Apr 1, 3:34 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 43 hr | |
| Apr 1, 4:07 PM PDT | Storm Warning | SEW | 27 hr |
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High Wind Warnings in Washington, 2010Every high wind warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.