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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2011, 4:05 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 12, 2011, 8:48 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2011, 4:05 AM PST (12:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2011, 8:48 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2011, 9:00 PM PST
- In force
- 12 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 12:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 599 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
051 WWUS76 KSEW 121205 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 405 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 WAZ001-503-506-510-130015- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.110212T1700Z-110213T0500Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 405 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WILL LIKELY INCLUDE WHIDBEY ISLAND...SPOTS IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN SKAGIT AND WHATCOM COUNTIES ALONG THE WATER. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN 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. && $$ MCDONNAL WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
4 follow-up statements
037 WWUS76 KSEW 121648 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 848 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 WAZ507-130000- /O.EXB.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.110212T1648Z-110213T0500Z/ EVERETT AND VICINITY- 848 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR EVERETT AND VICINITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR EVERETT AND VICINITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...INCLUDE EVERETT...ARLINGTON AND STANWOOD. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-130000- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.110212T1648Z-110213T0500Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 848 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WILL LIKELY INCLUDE WHIDBEY ISLAND...SPOTS IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN SKAGIT AND WHATCOM COUNTIES ALONG THE WATER. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN 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. && $$ 33 WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
253 WWUS76 KSEW 122133 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 133 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 WAZ505-508-509-511-130100- /O.EXA.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110213T0500Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA- 133 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON AREAS...EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS AND HOOD CANAL... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON AREAS...EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS AND HOOD CANAL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON...BELLEVUE AND SHELTON. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. && $$ WAZ507-130100- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110213T0500Z/ EVERETT AND VICINITY- 133 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE EVERETT AREA... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EVERETT AREA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...INCLUDE EVERETT...ARLINGTON AND STANWOOD. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN 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. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-130100- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110213T0500Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 133 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WILL LIKELY INCLUDE WHIDBEY ISLAND... SPOTS IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN SKAGIT AND WHATCOM COUNTIES ALONG THE WATER. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. && $$ 33 WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
411 WWUS76 KSEW 122217 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 217 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 WAZ516-517-130500- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0002.110212T2217Z-110213T0500Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 217 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...FORKS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH 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. && $$ WAZ505-507>509-511-130500- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110213T0500Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- 217 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL AREAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON... BELLEVUE...EVERETT AND SHELTON. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-130500- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110213T0500Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 217 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WILL LIKELY INCLUDE WHIDBEY ISLAND... SPOTS IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN SKAGIT AND WHATCOM COUNTIES ALONG THE WATER. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN 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. && $$ 33 WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
075 WWUS76 KSEW 130203 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 603 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 WAZ516-517-130315- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110213T0500Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 603 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST. THE COLD FRONT WHICH BROUGHT HIGH WINDS EARLIER TODAY HAS MOVED INLAND AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. $$ WAZ505-507>509-511-130500- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110213T0500Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- 603 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON... BELLEVUE...EVERETT AND SHELTON. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN 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. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-130500- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110213T0500Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 603 PM PST SAT FEB 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WILL LIKELY INCLUDE WHIDBEY ISLAND...SPOTS IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN SKAGIT AND WHATCOM COUNTIES ALONG THE WATER. * WINDS...LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. && $$ 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 11, 9:00 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Feb 11, 9:00 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 43 hr | |
| Feb 11, 9:00 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Feb 12, 4:00 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Feb 12, 4:00 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Feb 12, 2:12 PM PST | Storm Warning | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Feb 12, 2:17 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.