Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2010, 7:13 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2010, 7:13 AM PST (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2010, 1:18 PM PST
- In force
- 6 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 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 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
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 525 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
492 WWUS76 KSEW 171513 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 713 AM PST WED NOV 17 2010 ...STRONG FRONT APPROACHING THE COAST... .A STRONG FRONT IS APPROACHING THE COAST WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF IT. WINDS OVER SECTIONS OF WHIDBEY ISLAND HAVE REACHED HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE EASING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS OF LESSER STRENGTH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON NORTH OF SEATTLE THIS MORNING. WAZ510-172200- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0012.101117T1513Z-101117T2200Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 713 AM PST WED NOV 17 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: THIS MORNING...EASING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERER ED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES... AND DESTROY PROPERTY. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-507-511-514-172200- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0021.101117T1513Z-101117T2200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-HOOD CANAL AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 713 AM PST WED NOV 17 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND EASING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. && $$ CERNIGLIA
1 follow-up statement
230 WWUS76 KSEW 172118 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 118 PM PST WED NOV 17 2010 WAZ510-172230- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-101117T2200Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 118 PM PST WED NOV 17 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS DISCONTINUED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION AND THE WINDS HAVE EASED. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. $$ WAZ001-503-506-507-511-514-172230- /O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-101117T2200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-HOOD CANAL AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 118 PM PST WED NOV 17 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS DISCONTINUED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION AND THE WINDS HAVE EASED. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. $$ CERNIGLIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 7:13 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | 6 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.