Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Jan 21, 2012, 8:50 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 10 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
- Jan 21, 2012, 8:50 PM PST (04:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 8:23 PM PST
- In force
- 10 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 04:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
766 WWUS76 KSEW 220450 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 850 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 .DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE NORTH INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A STRONG FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE CASCADE PASSES IN THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-221300- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0001.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0002.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 850 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WHIDBEY ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...ANACORTES...AND THE WASHINGTON COAST. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ505-221300- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.120122T2100Z-120123T0600Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- 850 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH BEND...SNOQUALMIE FALLS...FALL CITY. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE WESTERN APPROACH TO SNOQUALMIE PASS. * IMPACTS...WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING MAY BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE RECENT ICE STORM MAY BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOOSING LARGE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ ALBRECHT WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
4 follow-up statements
646 WWUS76 KSEW 221132 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 332 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 .A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-222000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0002.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 332 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WHIDBEY ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...ANACORTES...AND THE COAST. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ505-222000- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.120122T2100Z-120123T0600Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- 332 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH BEND...GOLD BAR...ENUMCLAW. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE RECENT ICE STORM MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSING LARGE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
049 WWUS76 KSEW 221938 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1138 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 .A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-230600- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1138 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WHIDBEY ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...ANACORTES...AND THE COAST. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ON THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ505-230600- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.120122T2100Z-120123T0600Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- 1138 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH BEND...GOLD BAR...ENUMCLAW. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE RECENT ICE STORM MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSING LARGE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
331 WWUS76 KSEW 222236 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 236 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 .A STRONG FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REACH THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS EVENING. WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-230600- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 236 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WHIDBEY ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...ANACORTES...AND THE COAST. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BECOMING SOUTH WIND BY EVENING IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR. WINDS ON THE COAST AT MID AFTERNOON HAD SHIFTED TO SOUTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT...AND THE WIND WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ507>509-511-230600- /O.EXB.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.120122T2300Z-120123T0600Z/ EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA- 236 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SEATTLE...TACOMA. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE RECENT ICE STORM MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSING LARGE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ505-230600- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- 236 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH BEND...GOLD BAR...ENUMCLAW. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE RECENT ICE STORM MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSING LARGE BRANCHES. 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. && $$
474 WWUS76 KSEW 230423 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 823 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 .THE FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING IS NOW WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INLAND. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING. WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-230530- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 823 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. $$ WAZ505-507>509-511-230530- /O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- 823 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ ALBRECHT WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 8:50 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 21, 9:23 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 21, 9:23 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 6 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Washington, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012
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.