Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Feb 14, 2011, 4:00 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 14, 2011, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 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
- Feb 14, 2011, 4:00 AM PST (12:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2011, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2011, 2:39 PM PST
- In force
- 9 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 12:03 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, 0.0 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
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
253 WWUS76 KSEW 141200 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 400 AM PST MON FEB 14 2011 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A COMPLEX FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THE FIRST PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND WILL BE THIS MORNING AS A LOW MOVES NORTHWARD PARALLEL TO THE COAST AND JUST OFFSHORE THIS MORNING. AFTER A RELATIVE LULL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A SECOND LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND EARLY THIS EVENING...BRINGING ANOTHER BURST OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND. WAZ516-517-142000- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0001.110214T1400Z-110215T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0003.110214T1400Z-110215T0800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 400 AM PST MON FEB 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES... HOQUIAM...ABERDEEN...COPALIS BEACH...PACIFIC BEACH...KALALOCH AND FORKS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RELATIVE LULL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-142000- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0001.110214T1400Z-110215T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0003.110214T1400Z-110215T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 400 AM PST MON FEB 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WESTERN WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES...WHIDBEY ISLAND...CAMANO ISLAND...THE ADMIRALTY INLET AREA. * INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FRIDAY HARBOR...BELLINGHAM... BURLINGTON...ANACORTES...OAK HARBOR...COUPEVILLE AND PORT TOWNSEND. * WINDS...AREAS OF SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY A SHORT LULL DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. A SECOND PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES... AND DESTROY PROPERTY. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
2 follow-up statements
990 WWUS76 KSEW 141800 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1000 AM PST MON FEB 14 2011 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A SERIES OF SMALL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS AND INTO VANCOUVER ISLAND WILL BRING BRING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR THROUGH THIS EVENING. TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THE FIRST PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND IS OCCURRING NOW AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS A FIRST LOW MOVES WEST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. WINDS WILL WEAKEN FOR A FEW HOURS MID AFTERNOON THEN WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS A SECOND LOW MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS INTO CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND. WAZ516-517-150400- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110215T0800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1000 AM PST MON FEB 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST,.. A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES... HOQUIAM... ABERDEEN...COPALIS BEACH...PACIFIC BEACH... KALALOCH AND FORKS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...AFTER A FEW HOUR RELATIVE LULL IN THE WINDS DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS...EXPECT STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO REDEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-150400- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110215T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 1000 AM PST MON FEB 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON... A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WESTERN WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES...WHIDBEY ISLAND...CAMANO ISLAND...THE ADMIRALTY INLET AREA. * INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FRIDAY HARBOR...BELLINGHAM... BURLINGTON...ANACORTES...OAK HARBOR...COUPEVILLE AND PORT TOWNSEND. * WINDS...AREAS OF SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. AFTER A SHORT WEAKENING OF THE WINDS DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...ANOTHER PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES... AND DESTROY PROPERTY. && $$ ALBRECHT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
194 WWUS76 KSEW 142239 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 239 PM PST MON FEB 14 2011 .WINDS ALONG THE COAST WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INLAND. WHILE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN THE NORTH INTERIOR...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. WAZ001-503-506-510-150500- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110215T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.110214T2239Z-110215T0500Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 239 PM PST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WESTERN WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES...WHIDBEY ISLAND...CAMANO ISLAND... THE ADMIRALTY INLET AREA. * INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FRIDAY HARBOR...BELLINGHAM... BURLINGTON...ANACORTES...OAK HARBOR...COUPEVILLE AND PORT TOWNSEND. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING UNTIL A COLD FRONT IN THE COASTAL WATERS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 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. && $$ WAZ516-517-142345- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110215T0800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 239 PM PST MON FEB 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ ALBRECHT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 9:09 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Feb 13, 9:09 PM PST | Storm Warning | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Feb 14, 4:00 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Mason | 10 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:00 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Feb 14, 1:54 PM PST | River Flood Advisory | SEW | Mason | 22 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:39 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 6 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Washington, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
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.