High Wind Watch 2, NWS Seattle, WA

Issued

Jan 23, 2012, 3:00 PM PST (23:00 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 24, 2012, 4:00 AM PST

Expired

Jan 24, 2012, 4:27 AM PST

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Seattle, WA

County San Juan County, WA

The Seattle radar (KATX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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481 
WWUS76 KSEW 232300
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
300 PM PST MON JAN 23 2012

...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING...

.A DEEP STORM SYSTEM HEADED TOWARD THE HAIDA GWAII ISLAND TONIGHT
WILL FORCE A STRONG WARM FRONT ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON BY MID
DAY TUESDAY THEN THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH
LATER IN THE DAY. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IO ADVANCE
OF THE WARM FRONT ALONG THE COAST AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHWEST INTERIOR FROM ADMIRALTY INLET NORTHWARD. STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN WASHINGTON BY TUESDAY
EVENING...HOWEVER THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE
WATCH AREA.

WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-241215-
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0002.120124T1200Z-120125T0900Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
300 PM PST MON JAN 23 2012

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON
  COAST AND THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR FROM ADMIRALTY INLET NORTHWARD. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE COAST AND
  SHORTLY BEFORE DAWN OVER NORTHWEST WASHINGTON THEN EASE LATE
  TUESDAY EVENING.

* WIND...POTENTIALLY 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...POTENTIALLY ENHANCED
  DUE TO LINGERING LIMB AND TREE DAMAGE FROM LAST WEEKS WINTER
  WEATHER. SATURATED SOILS WILL ALLOW TREES TO TOPPLE MORE
  EASILY. MORE POWER OUTAGES. POSSIBLE INJURIES FROM FALLING TREES
  AND TREE LIMBS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND
EVENT. AREAS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER COULD OCCUR.

&&

$$

CERNIGLIA

447 
WWUS76 KSEW 241227
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
427 AM 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.

WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-242030-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120125T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.120124T1227Z-120125T1100Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
427 AM PST TUE JAN 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON
  COAST AND THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WILL HAVE THE STRONGEST WINDS.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...AND THE PERIOD OF
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
  THIS EVENING.

* WIND....SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 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.

&&

$$

WAZ507>509-511-242030-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.120124T1227Z-120125T1100Z/
EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-
HOOD CANAL AREA-
427 AM PST TUE JAN 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SEATTLE...TACOMA...AND EVERETT
  AREAS AS WELL AS THE HOOD CANAL REGION.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...AND THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST
  WINDS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTH WINDS 15 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.

&&

$$

High Wind Watches in Washington, 2012Every high wind watch in 2012

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.