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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Seattle, WA

January 21, 2012

NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2012, 8:50 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 21, 2012, 8:50 PM PST (04:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2012, 1:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 22, 2012, 8:23 PM PST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

The text

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

766 
WWUS76 KSEW 220450
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
850 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

.DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE NORTH
INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A
STRONG FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR
THE CASCADE PASSES IN THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
 
WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-221300-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0001.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0002.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
850 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WHIDBEY 
  ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...ANACORTES...AND THE WASHINGTON COAST. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE
  POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.

&&

$$

WAZ505-221300-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.120122T2100Z-120123T0600Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
850 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH BEND...SNOQUALMIE FALLS...FALL
  CITY.

* TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. 

* WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE WESTERN APPROACH TO SNOQUALMIE
  PASS.

* IMPACTS...WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING MAY BRING
  DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT
  HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE RECENT ICE STORM MAY BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOOSING LARGE BRANCHES.

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

4 follow-up statements

646 
WWUS76 KSEW 221132
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
332 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

.A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY TO VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY.

WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-222000-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0002.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
332 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WHIDBEY
  ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...ANACORTES...AND THE COAST.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE TREES AND 
  CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.

&&

$$

WAZ505-222000-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.120122T2100Z-120123T0600Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
332 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH BEND...GOLD BAR...ENUMCLAW.

* TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL BRANCHES AND CAUSE
  LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE RECENT
  ICE STORM MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSING LARGE BRANCHES.

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.

&&

$$

049 
WWUS76 KSEW 221938
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1138 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

.A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO
PARTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY.

WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-230600-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
1138 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WHIDBEY 
  ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...ANACORTES...AND THE COAST. 

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH SHIFTING TO
  SOUTHWEST WINDS ON THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE TREES AND 
  CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.

&&

$$

WAZ505-230600-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.120122T2100Z-120123T0600Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
1138 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH BEND...GOLD BAR...ENUMCLAW.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL BRANCHES AND CAUSE 
  LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE 
  RECENT ICE STORM MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSING LARGE BRANCHES. 

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.

&&

$$

331 
WWUS76 KSEW 222236
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
236 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

.A STRONG FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS
AFTERNOON. A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REACH THE COAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH INTERIOR OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON THIS EVENING.

WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-230600-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
236 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WHIDBEY 
  ISLAND...BELLINGHAM...ANACORTES...AND THE COAST. 

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BECOMING
  SOUTH WIND BY EVENING IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR. WINDS ON THE
  COAST AT MID AFTERNOON HAD SHIFTED TO SOUTHWEST BEHIND THE
  FRONT...AND THE WIND WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY LATER THIS
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE TREES AND 
  CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.

&&

$$

WAZ507>509-511-230600-
/O.EXB.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.120122T2300Z-120123T0600Z/
EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-
HOOD CANAL AREA-
236 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

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

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SEATTLE...TACOMA.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL BRANCHES AND CAUSE 
  LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE 
  RECENT ICE STORM MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSING LARGE BRANCHES. 

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.

&&

$$

WAZ505-230600-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
236 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH BEND...GOLD BAR...ENUMCLAW.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL BRANCHES AND CAUSE 
  LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE 
  RECENT ICE STORM MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSING LARGE BRANCHES. 

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.

&&

$$

474 
WWUS76 KSEW 230423
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
823 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

.THE FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING
IS NOW WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INLAND. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING. 

WAZ001-503-506-510-516-517-230530-
/O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
823 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT.

$$

WAZ505-507>509-511-230530-
/O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
823 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

$$

ALBRECHT
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 8:50 PM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW	San Juan	24 hr
Jan 21, 9:23 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		6 hr
Jan 21, 9:23 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		6 hr

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Sources

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