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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Seattle, WA

January 17, 2011

NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 17, 2011, 12:28 PM PST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2011, 12:28 PM PST (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 17, 2011, 5:00 PM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

The text

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

271 
WWUS76 KSEW 172028
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1228 PM PST MON JAN 17 2011

WAZ510-514-515-180100-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.110117T2028Z-110118T0100Z/
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
1228 PM PST MON JAN 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND THE ADMIRALTY INLET
AREA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

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

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 

* TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL EASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY
  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.

&&

$$

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
MERCER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 5:25 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom28 hr
Jan 16, 5:25 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston34 hr
Jan 16, 9:05 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW24 hr
Jan 16, 11:02 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningSEWKing30 hr
Jan 16, 11:40 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing4 days
Jan 16, 11:40 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing9 days
Jan 17, 12:41 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSkagit45 hr
Jan 17, 2:59 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSEW54 hr
Jan 17, 3:30 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish18 hr
Jan 17, 7:24 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish9 hr
Jan 17, 7:24 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor51 hr
Jan 17, 8:01 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW11 hr
Jan 17, 12:47 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningSEWSnohomish20 hr
Jan 17, 1:05 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningSEWLewis6 hr

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Sources

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