Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 25, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2012, 4:03 AM PDT for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Apr 2, 2012, 9:42 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2012, 4:03 AM PDT (11:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2012, 9:42 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2012, 8:33 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 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 11:02 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951 WWUS76 KSEW 021103 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 403 AM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR TODAY... .SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR TODAY AS A DEEP SURFACE LOW FORMS OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. WINDS WILL EASE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND. WAZ516-517-030000- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0025.120402T2100Z-120403T0600Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 403 AM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OCEAN SHORES...PACIFIC BEACH...HOQUIAM...FORKS AND NEAH BAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAKING THIS EVENING. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-030000- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0025.120403T0000Z-120403T0900Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 403 AM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...FRIDAY HARBOR...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAKING THIS EVENING. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ 33
2 follow-up statements
326 WWUS76 KSEW 021642 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 942 AM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR TODAY... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES OFFSHORE. WINDS WILL EASE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND. WAZ516-517-030900- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0025.120402T1642Z-120403T0900Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 942 AM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT TUESDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OCEAN SHORES...PACIFIC BEACH... HOQUIAM...FORKS AND NEAH BAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MIDDAY...PEAKING THIS EVENING. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-030900- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0025.120402T1642Z-120403T0900Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 942 AM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT TUESDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...FRIDAY HARBOR...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAKING THIS EVENING. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
695 WWUS76 KSEW 030333 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 833 PM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-030445- /O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120403T0900Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 833 PM PDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON IS NOT AS STRONG AS IT WAS FORECAST TO BE...THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. IT WILL BE BREEZY TONIGHT SOME AREAS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:44 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Apr 2, 2:59 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 3 days | |
| Apr 2, 4:08 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.