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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2012, 3:31 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 7:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2012, 3:31 PM PDT (22:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2012, 7:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2012, 2:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
218 WWUS76 KSEW 192231 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 331 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 .A STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT...BRINGING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. WAZ001-503-506-510-200645- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0005.120320T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0007.120320T0300Z-120320T1200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 331 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...LUMMI ISLAND AND SANDY POINT NEAR BELLINGHAM...AND THE WEST COAST OF WHATCOM COUNTY...WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY AROUND THE GREATER ANACORTES AREA...WHIDBEY ISLAND...PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLY DOWN WEAKER TREES...AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ516-517-200645- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0005.120320T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0022.120320T0200Z-120320T0900Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 331 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...COPALIS BEACH...PACIFIC BEACH...KALALOCH...LA PUSH. * TIMING...TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY FROM AROUND MID EVENING UNTIL A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLY DOWN WEAKER TREES...AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
1 follow-up statement
094 WWUS76 KSEW 200420 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 920 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 .A STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT...BRINGING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. WAZ001-503-506-510-201200- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 920 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...LUMMI ISLAND AND SANDY POINT NEAR BELLINGHAM...AND THE WEST COAST OF WHATCOM COUNTY...WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY AROUND THE GREATER ANACORTES AREA...WHIDBEY ISLAND...PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLY DOWN WEAKER TREES...AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ516-517-200900- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120320T0900Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 920 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT TUESDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...COPALIS BEACH...PACIFIC BEACH...KALALOCH...LA PUSH. * TIMING...TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY FROM AROUND MID EVENING UNTIL A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLY DOWN WEAKER TREES...AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:37 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Mar 18, 8:51 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Mar 19, 3:57 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Mar 19, 10:50 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:36 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Mar 19, 3:31 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | SEW | San Juan | 13 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.