Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2011

High Wind Warning 4, NWS Seattle, WA

March 1, 2011

NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Mar 1, 2011, 2:36 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
Mar 1, 2011, 2:36 PM PST (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2011, 1:59 PM PST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

547 
WWUS76 KSEW 012236
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
236 PM PST TUE MAR 1 2011

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WASHINGTON COAST WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG FRONT AND DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS TO THE WASHINGTON COAST WEDNESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WILL DEEPEN TO A 965 MB STORM...AND MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE
NEAR OFFSHORE WATERS WEDNESDAY.

WAZ516-517-020645-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0002.110302T0800Z-110303T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0004.110301T2236Z-110304T0600Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
236 PM PST TUE MAR 1 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE
NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...HOQUIAM 
  AND FORKS. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
 DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
 

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
5 follow-up statements
212 
WWUS76 KSEW 012316
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
316 PM PST TUE MAR 1 2011

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WASHINGTON COAST WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG FRONT AND DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG
AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE WASHINGTON COAST WEDNESDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL DEEPEN TO A 965 MB STORM...AND MOVE
NORTH THROUGH THE NEAR OFFSHORE WATERS WEDNESDAY.

WAZ516-517-020730-
/O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110303T0600Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
316 PM PST TUE MAR 1 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR
THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE COAST IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
WEDNESDAY.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...HOQUIAM 
  AND FORKS. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING 
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

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
103 
WWUS76 KSEW 020423
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
823 PM PST TUE MAR 1 2011

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WASHINGTON COAST WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG FRONT...ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEP 965 TO 970 MB STORM
SYSTEM MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE OFFSHORE WATERS...WILL SWEEP
ONSHORE LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS
ON THE COAST AS THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...THEN AS THE STORM MOVES
BY TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY.

WAZ516-517-021230-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110303T0600Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
823 PM PST TUE MAR 1 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY
FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST...

A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...HOQUIAM 
  AND FORKS. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
  WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN SLOWLY
  DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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
655 
WWUS76 KSEW 021145
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
345 AM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WASHINGTON COAST TODAY...

.A FRONT WILL BRING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE
COAST TODAY.

WAZ516-517-022345-
/O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110303T0200Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
345 AM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...HOQUIAM 
  AND FORKS. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
  DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR MID TO LATE
  MORNING HOURS.

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
883 
WWUS76 KSEW 021531
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
731 AM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WASHINGTON COAST TODAY...

.A FRONT IS BRINGING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE
COAST TODAY.

WAZ516-517-022345-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110303T0200Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
731 AM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...HOQUIAM  
AND FORKS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
  MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST
  AND DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING.

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>513-515-518-519-022200-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.110302T1531Z-110302T2200Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
OLYMPICS-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
731 AM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...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. 

A STRONG FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING.
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARRIVES AT CHEHALIS AT 7 AM...AND
WILL SPREAD NORTH THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING. AT 7 AM
GUSTS TO 54 MPH OCCURRED AT LAKE LAWRENCE IN EASTERN THURSTON
COUNTY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO AROUND 50
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON THIS MORNING AS SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENTS RAPIDLY
INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT THIS MORNING.

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.

&&

$$
756 
WWUS76 KSEW 022159
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
159 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST AND THE
WIND ADVISORIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN WASHINGTON HAVE ENDED...

WAZ516-517-022300-
/O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110303T0200Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
159 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ENDED FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ENDED THE HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST. PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE
EASED AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING.


$$

WAZ001-503>513-515-518-519-022300-
/O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110302T2200Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
OLYMPICS-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
159 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS ENDED FOR THE INTERIOR AREAS OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON AND THE MOUNTAINS...

THE WIND ADVISORY HAS ENDED. PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE EASED AND
THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH. IT WILL STILL BE BE
BREEZY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS 15 TO
25 MPH AT TIMES.


$$

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 3:17 AM PSTGale WarningSEW24 hr
Mar 1, 3:17 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW29 hr
Mar 1, 3:17 AM PSTStorm WatchSEW12 hr
Mar 1, 3:17 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSEW9 hr
Mar 1, 3:05 PM PSTGale WarningSEW24 hr
Mar 1, 3:05 PM PSTStorm WarningSEW24 hr
Mar 1, 3:09 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarSEW64 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.