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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Seattle, WA

February 25, 2012

NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2012, 2:20 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2012, 2:20 PM PST (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

440 
WWUS76 KSEW 252220
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
220 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012


WAZ510-516-517-260600-
/O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0016.120225T2220Z-120226T0600Z/
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
220 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ENDED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ENDED.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WHIDBEY ISLAND...PORT TOWNSEND.

* TIMING...WESTERLY WINDS WILL SLOWLY EASE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SMALL TREES AND BRANCHES MAY FALL CAUSING 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.

&&

$$

WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-514-515-252330-
/O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120226T0200Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
220 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS ENDED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ENDED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE EASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT.

$$

WAZ001-503-506-252330-
/O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120226T0200Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
220 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS ENDED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ENDED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE EASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT.

$$

WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
MERCER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 8:42 AM PSTHigh Surf WarningSEW13 hr
Feb 25, 1:57 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW14 hr
Feb 25, 2:37 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW22 hr

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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.