Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Jan 24, 2012, 2:06 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It was in force for 7 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 24, 2012, 2:06 PM PST (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2012, 9:00 PM PST
- In force
- 7 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 22:09 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, 10.1 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
646 WWUS76 KSEW 242206 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 206 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE WASHINGTON COAST...NORTHWEST INTERIOR...AND MUCH OF THE PUGET SOUND REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. WAZ001-503-506-510-250200- /O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0003.120124T2206Z-120125T0200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 206 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECT LOCATIONS...WHIDBEY ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...AND SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING...THEN START TO EASE. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ508-509-511-250500- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- 206 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...AND BREMERTON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...AND THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH NORTH PART...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ505-250500- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- 206 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLEVUE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...AND THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. 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. && $$ WAZ507-250500- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ EVERETT AND VICINITY- 206 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SNOHOMISH...MONROE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...AND THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ516-517-250500- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 206 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WASHINGTON COASTAL COMMUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES OCEAN SHORES AND WESTPORT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BURST OF WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND....SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY. BEACHES ON THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST COULD SEE GUSTS TO 55 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
884 WWUS76 KSEW 250159 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 559 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM THIS EVENING.... .A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE WASHINGTON COAST...NORTHWEST INTERIOR...AND MUCH OF THE PUGET SOUND REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE. WAZ001-503-506-510-250500- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T0500Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 559 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECT LOCATIONS...WHIDBEY ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...AND SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * TIMING...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM THIS EVENING...THEN WILL EASE AS A PASSING FRONTAL SYSTEMS MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ508-509-511-250800- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- 559 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...AND BREMERTON. * TIMING...WINDS ARE INCREASING THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. 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. && $$ WAZ505-507-250800- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- 559 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLEVUE...EVERETT. * TIMING...WINDS ARE INCREASING EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ516-517-250800- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 559 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WASHINGTON COASTAL COMMUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES OCEAN SHORES AND WESTPORT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WIND....SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. 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. && $$ ALBRECHT WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
717 WWUS76 KSEW 250510 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 910 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 WAZ001-503-506-510-250615- /O.EXP.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T0500Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 910 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT HIGH WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON HAS PASSED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ WAZ508-509-511-250800- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- 910 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...AND BREMERTON. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. 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. && $$ WAZ505-507-250800- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- 910 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLEVUE...EVERETT. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ516-517-250800- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T0800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 910 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WASHINGTON COASTAL COMMUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES OCEAN SHORES AND WESTPORT. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND....SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 8:54 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 24, 3:26 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 24, 4:27 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:39 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 24, 11:31 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | 16 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.