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Gale Watch 20, NWS Seattle, WA

March 18, 2012

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale watch at Mar 18, 2012, 2:26 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2012, 2:26 PM PDT (21:26 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2012, 8:51 PM PDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Mar 18, 9:36 AM PDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 9:36 AM PDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 9:45 AM PDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 8:45 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		6 hr
Mar 18, 3:10 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		13 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.