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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Seattle, WA

November 11, 2011

NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Nov 11, 2011, 3:47 AM PST. It took effect at Nov 11, 2011, 10:00 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
Nov 11, 2011, 3:47 AM PST (11:47 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2011, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 11, 2011, 7:00 PM PST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

The text

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

870 
WWUS76 KSEW 111147
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
347 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

WAZ510-120000-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0004.111111T2000Z-111112T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0009.111111T1800Z-111112T0300Z/
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
347 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND...SOUTH WIND RISING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
  THIS MORNING...BECOMING NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS
  TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING...REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH 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.

&&

$$

WAZ514-120000-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0004.111111T2000Z-111112T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.111111T1800Z-111112T0300Z/
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
347 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND...WEST WIND RISING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING...REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS
  EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ507-120000-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0004.111111T2000Z-111112T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.111111T1800Z-111112T0300Z/
EVERETT AND VICINITY-
347 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND...SOUTH WIND RISING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...BECOMING
  NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING...REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS
  EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ504-505-508-509-511-120000-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.111111T1800Z-111112T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
347 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WIND...SOUTH WIND RISING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING...REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$

WAZ001-503-506-120000-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.111111T1800Z-111112T0300Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
347 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING. 

* WIND...SOUTH WIND RISING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING...REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
909 
WWUS76 KSEW 111959
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1159 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

WAZ510-120215-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111112T0300Z/
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
1159 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND.

* WIND...BECOMING NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON
  BEFORE DECREASING EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE WINDS COULD TOPPLE TREES AND DOWN POWER
  LINES...WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER ARE LIKELY OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ504-505-508-509-511-120000-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111112T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
1159 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS....MONROE...SEATTLE...SHELTON...
  TACOMA...AND CHEHALIS.

* WIND...WESTERLY INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A
  STRONG COLD FRONT AND THEN DIMINISH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE BRIEF POWER
  OUTAGES...THUS DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
  TRAFFIC LIGHTS NOT WORKING.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ514-120215-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111112T0300Z/
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
1159 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT ANGELES AND SEQUIM.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE WEST AT TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH EARLY
  THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE BRIEF POWER
  OUTAGES...THUS DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
  TRAFFIC LIGHTS NOT WORKING.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ507-120215-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111112T0300Z/
EVERETT AND VICINITY-
1159 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT AND STANWOOD.

* WIND...BECOMING NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
  LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
  DECREASING EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE BRIEF POWER
  OUTAGES...THUS DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
  TRAFFIC LIGHTS NOT WORKING.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ001-503-506-120215-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111112T0300Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
1159 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING EARLY
  THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE BRIEF POWER
  OUTAGES...THUS DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
  TRAFFIC LIGHTS NOT WORKING.

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.

&&

$$

WWW.WEATHER.GOV
952 
WWUS76 KSEW 112350
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
350 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

WAZ504-505-508-509-511-120100-
/O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111112T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
350 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH WINDS HAVE PICKED UP AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA...SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OR MAINLY IN THE 15 TO
25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS LOCALLY TO 40 MPH.

$$

WAZ001-506-120100-
/O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111112T0300Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
350 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH WINDS HAVE PICKED UP AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA...SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OR MAINLY IN THE 15 TO
25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS LOCALLY TO 40 MPH.

$$

WAZ510-120300-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111112T0300Z/
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
350 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND.

* WIND...WINDS HAVE PICKED UP THIS AFTERNOON AND WERE GUSTING TO
  NEAR 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SPEEDS TO INCREASE INTO
  THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 60 MPH BY 6
  PM PST BEFORE DROPPING OFF.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM AND
  6 PM THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE HIGH WINDS COULD TOPPLE TREES AND DOWN POWER
  LINES...LEADING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH
OR STRONGER ARE LIKELY OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ507-514-120300-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111112T0300Z/
EVERETT AND VICINITY-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
350 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...STANWOOD...MARYSVILLE...AND
  ARLINGTON.

* WIND...WEST OR NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
  50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BRIEF POWER OUTAGES...THUS
  DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS
  NOT WORKING.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ503-120300-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111112T0300Z/
WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-
350 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* WIND...WEST OR SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS LOCALLY TO 50
  MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BRIEF POWER OUTAGES...THUS
  DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS
  NOT WORKING.

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.

&&

$$

WWW.WEATHER.GOV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 3:47 AM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan15 hr
Nov 11, 10:49 AM PSTWinter Storm WarningSEW10 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.