Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 6, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Mar 11, 2012, 2:54 PM PDT for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 12, 2012, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2012, 2:54 PM PDT (21:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2012, 1:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2012, 1:00 PM PDT
- 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 21:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 9:29 AM PDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 45 | 7 E Friday Harbor, WA | WITH GUSTS TO 51 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
537 WWUS76 KSEW 112154 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 254 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012 WAZ001-510-516-517-120615- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0004.120312T0800Z-120312T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0006.120312T0800Z-120312T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 254 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM AND FORKS ON THE COAST... PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS IN THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH AS THE FRONT MAKES LANDFALL LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ503-120615- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0006.120312T0800Z-120312T2000Z/ WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 254 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SANDY POINT AND BIRCH BAY. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH AS THE FRONT MAKES LANDFALL LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ505-120615- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0004.120312T0800Z-120312T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0018.120312T0800Z-120312T2000Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- 254 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH BEND...ISSAQUAH...BUCKLEY... AND ENUMCLAW. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. STRONG EASTERLY PRESSURE GRADIENTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL AFFECT THE NORMALLY WINDY AREAS AROUND ENUMCLAW AND BUCKLEY AS WELL AS THE APPROACHES TO THE PASSES SUCH AS BETWEEN GOLD BAR AND INDEX ON HIGHWAY 2 AND BETWEEN FALL CITY AND AND NORTH BEND ON INTERSTATE 90. * WIND...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE 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. && $$ WAZ504-506-507-509-515-120615- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0018.120312T0800Z-120312T2000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY- TACOMA AREA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 254 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEKIU...ANACORTES...EVERETT...TENINO. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHEAST PRESSURE GRADIENTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL AFFECT THE NORMALLY WINDY AREAS. STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY SURFACE IN SOME LOCATIONS...THIS HAPPENS IN THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
5 follow-up statements
509 WWUS76 KSEW 120435 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 935 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012 WAZ001-503-510-516-517-121245- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0006.120312T0800Z-120312T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 935 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM AND FORKS ON THE COAST... PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND AREAS NEAR THE WATER IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY IN THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH AS THE FRONT MAKES LANDFALL LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ504>507-509-515-121245- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0018.120312T0800Z-120312T2000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 935 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEKIU...ANACORTES...EVERETT...TENINO...NORTH BEND...AND HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF OLYMPIA. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHEAST PRESSURE GRADIENTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL AFFECT THE NORMALLY WINDY AREAS. STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY SURFACE IN SOME LOCATIONS...THIS HAPPENS IN THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
001 WWUS76 KSEW 121114 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 414 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 WAZ001-503-510-516-517-122000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 414 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM AND FORKS ON THE COAST... PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND AREAS NEAR THE WATER IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY IN THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL AT THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE INLAND DURING THE MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH AS THE FRONT MAKES LANDFALL THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ504>507-509-515-122000- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 414 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEKIU...ANACORTES...EVERETT... TENINO...NORTH BEND...AND HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF OLYMPIA. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL AT THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE INLAND DURING THE MORNING. STRONG SOUTHEAST PRESSURE GRADIENTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL AFFECT THE NORMALLY WINDY AREAS. STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY SURFACE IN SOME LOCATIONS...THIS HAPPENS IN THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
408 WWUS76 KSEW 121122 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 422 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 WAZ001-503-510-516-517-122000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 422 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM AND FORKS ON THE COAST... PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND AREAS NEAR THE WATER IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY IN THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL AT THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE INLAND DURING THE MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH AS THE FRONT MAKES LANDFALL THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ504>507-509-515-122000- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 422 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEKIU...ANACORTES...EVERETT... TENINO...NORTH BEND...AND HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF OLYMPIA. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL AT THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE INLAND DURING THE MORNING. STRONG SOUTHEAST PRESSURE GRADIENTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL AFFECT THE NORMALLY WINDY AREAS. STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY SURFACE IN SOME LOCATIONS...THIS HAPPENS IN THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
727 WWUS76 KSEW 121510 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 810 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 WAZ001-503-510-516-517-122000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 810 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM AND FORKS ON THE COAST... PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND AREAS NEAR THE WATER IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY IN THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT IS VERY CLOSE TO REACHING THE COAST THIS MORNING...THEN WILL MOVE INLAND DURING THE MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH AS THE FRONT MAKES LANDFALL THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ508-511-512-122000- /O.EXA.KSEW.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 810 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...BREMERTON...AND MONTESANO. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL AT THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE INLAND DURING THE MORNING. STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY SURFACE IN SOME LOCATIONS ALONG OR NEAR THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ504>507-509-515-122000- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 810 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEKIU...ANACORTES...EVERETT... TENINO...NORTH BEND...AND HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF OLYMPIA. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL MAKE LANDFALL AT THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE INLAND DURING THE MORNING. STRONG SOUTHEAST PRESSURE GRADIENTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL AFFECT THE NORMALLY WINDY AREAS. STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY SURFACE IN SOME LOCATIONS...THIS HAPPENS IN THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
891 WWUS76 KSEW 121954 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1254 PM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 WAZ001-503-510-130200- /O.EXP.KSEW.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0019.120312T2100Z-120313T0200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 1254 PM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...AND AREAS NEAR THE WATER IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY. * TIMING...A STRONG FRONT OVER INTERIOR WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...EASING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ516-517-122100- /O.EXP.KSEW.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1254 PM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE STRONG FRONT WHICH BROUGHT HIGH WINDS TO THE COAST TODAY HAS PUSHED INLAND. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY EASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ WAZ504>509-511-512-515-122100- /O.EXP.KSEW.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120312T2000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA- TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 1254 PM PDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL EASE THIS EVENING. $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE MERCER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:07 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Mar 10, 8:45 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Mar 11, 4:05 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Mar 11, 4:42 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Mar 11, 4:42 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 34 hr | |
| Mar 11, 4:42 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Mar 11, 11:22 AM PDT | Coastal Flood Watch | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Mar 11, 11:22 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Mar 11, 2:39 PM PDT | Storm Warning | SEW | 21 hr | |
| Mar 11, 2:54 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | 22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.