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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2012, 3:03 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 20, 2012, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2012, 3:03 PM PST (23:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 18 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 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
471 WWUS76 KSEW 202303 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 303 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING...WITH A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REACHING WESTERN WASHINGTON AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY... WAZ001-510-516-517-210715- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.120121T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 303 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUANS AND WHIDBEY ISLAND AND THE COAST. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE FRONT. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL 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. && $$ WAZ503>509-511-512-210715- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.120121T0800Z-120121T1800Z/ WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 303 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SEATTLE...TACOMA...OLYMPIA. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE FRONT. * WIND...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH TREE AND LIMB DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ICE STORM MAY SEE NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL FALLING LIMBS. BEWARE SNAGS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO FALL WHEN THE WIND INCREASES OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
3 follow-up statements
820 WWUS76 KSEW 210455 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 855 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING... WITH A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SOUTH WINDS INCREASING BEHIND THE TROUGH. WAZ001-510-516-517-211300- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 855 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUANS AND WHIDBEY ISLAND AND THE COAST. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL 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. && $$ WAZ503>509-511-512-211300- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.120121T0800Z-120121T1800Z/ WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 855 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SEATTLE...TACOMA...OLYMPIA. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH TREE AND LIMB DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ICE STORM MAY SEE NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL FALLING LIMBS. BEWARE SNAGS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO FALL WHEN THE WIND INCREASES OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ ALBRECHT WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
188 WWUS76 KSEW 211149 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 349 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL EASE LATER TODAY AS A FRONT PUSHES INLAND. A SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO THE COAST AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR SUNDAY. WAZ001-510-516-517-220000- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0001.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 349 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLAND...WHIDBEY ISLAND...AND THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST. * WIND...SOUTHERLY 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING. LOCAL SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN SNAP TREE BRANCHES 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ503-506-220000- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0001.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 349 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM AND SANDY POINT. * WIND...SOUTHERLY 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING. LOCAL SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-211800- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 349 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SEATTLE...TACOMA...OLYMPIA. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH TREE AND LIMB DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ICE STORM MAY SEE NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL FALLING LIMBS. BEWARE SNAGS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO FALL WHEN THE WIND INCREASES OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$
577 WWUS76 KSEW 211325 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 525 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL EASE LATER TODAY AS A FRONT PUSHES INLAND. A SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO THE COAST AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR SUNDAY. WAZ516-517-220000- /O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 525 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST. * WIND...WINDS HAVE EASED THIS MORNING. LOCAL SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-220000- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 525 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WHIDBEY ISLAND. * WIND...SOUTHWESTERLY 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING. LOCAL SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN SNAP TREE BRANCHES 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-211800- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 525 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SEATTLE...TACOMA...OLYMPIA. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH TREE AND LIMB DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ICE STORM MAY SEE NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL FALLING LIMBS. BEWARE SNAGS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO FALL WHEN THE WIND INCREASES OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 8:55 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 43 hr | |
| Jan 20, 3:53 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Jan 20, 2:51 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 19 hr | |
| Jan 20, 3:05 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SEW | 65 hr | |
| Jan 20, 3:50 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 8 more | 285 days |
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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.