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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Dec 3, 2012, 3:26 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 3, 2012, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2012, 3:26 PM PST (23:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2012, 6:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 16 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 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
504 WWUS76 KSEW 032326 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 326 PM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...WINDY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR... WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-040630- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0035.121204T0200Z-121204T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 326 PM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TUESDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OCEAN SHORES...WESTPORT...LA PUSH... BELLINGHAM...OAK HARBOR...FRIDAY HARBOR...MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PEAK BETWEEN 10 PM AND 6 AM. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY ON THE COAST AND OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THESE SPEEDS TYPICALLY CAUSE BRANCHES AND A FEW TREES TO FALL. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
202 WWUS76 KSEW 040607 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1007 PM PST MON DEC 3 2012 WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-041330- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121204T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1007 PM PST MON DEC 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR UNTIL NOON PST TUESDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...HOQUIAM...OAK HARBOR... FRIDAY HARBOR...BELLINGHAM...AND CHERRY POINT. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND THEN PEAK BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM PST. * WIND...RISING FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL PROBABLY BE OVER THE CENTRAL COAST...SAN JUANS...AND WHIDBEY ISLAND. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES... TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS WINDS ON EAST/WEST HIGHWAYS SUCH AS STATE ROUTE 12. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
115 WWUS76 KSEW 041150 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 350 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012 WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-041800- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121204T1800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 350 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...HOQUIAM...PORT TOWNSEND... OAK HARBOR...FRIDAY HARBOR...AND BELLINGHAM. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ON THE COAST WILL BE THROUGH 8 AM THEN EASE. FOR THE NORTH INTERIOR...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM ABOUT 5 AM TO 8 AM BEFORE EASING LATER THIS MORNING. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES... TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND PRODUCE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS WINDS ON EAST/WEST ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 3:06 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Dec 3, 7:46 AM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | SEW | 2 hr | |
| Dec 3, 8:31 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston | 55 hr |
| Dec 3, 11:21 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Thurston | 64 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:32 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 3, 3:49 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Grays Harbor | 69 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.