Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 16, 2012, 4:22 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 16, 2012, 10:17 AM PST. It was in force for 53 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2012, 4:22 AM PST (12:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2012, 10:17 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2012, 3:26 PM PST
- In force
- 53 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 12:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | Friday Harbor, WA | OVERNIGHT. ROAD CREWS SEEING 3-7 IN. SAN JUAN ISLAND LOCATIONS. MT. CONSTITUTION HAD 9 IN. OVER NIGHT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
792 WWUS46 KSEW 161222 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 422 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 .THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR THE WESTERN WASHINGTON LOWLANDS ON WEDNESDAY. WAZ518-519-170000- /O.NEW.KSEW.WS.W.0002.120117T0200Z-120118T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T1400Z-120119T0800Z/ WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 422 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER...CONCRETE...DARRINGTON... INDEX...STEVENS PASS...PARADISE...AND MORTON. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. * IMPACT...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ516-517-170000- /O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0004.120116T1222Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T1400Z-120119T0200Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 422 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...FORKS...PACIFIC BEACH...ABERDEEN...HOQUIAM. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY...2 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ADDITION ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SOME ICY ROADS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TO FALL IN 12 HOURS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ001-503>515-170000- /O.NEW.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T1400Z-120119T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- OLYMPICS-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 422 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...EVERETT...OLYMPIA...BELLINGHAM...PORT ANGELES. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SPECIFIC SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE TOUGH TO PIN DOWN AT THIS POINT BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT FOR THE LOWLANDS EXISTS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$
9 follow-up statements
473 WWUS46 KSEW 161817 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1017 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 .AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY GIVING LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL LIKELY DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND MAY GIVE HEAVY SNOW TO THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. THERE REMAINS A POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE LOWLANDS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WAZ516-517-170230- /O.UPG.KSEW.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.WS.W.0002.120116T1817Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1017 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...FORKS...PACIFIC BEACH...ABERDEEN... HOQUIAM. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AWAY FROM THE BEACHES AND ON HILLS ABOVE ABOUT 100 FEET. SIGNIFICANT ADDITION ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SOME ICY ROADS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 4 INCHES OF SNOW OR MORE IS LIKELY WITHIN 12 HOURS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE REA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ513-170230- /O.EXB.KSEW.WS.W.0002.120116T1817Z-120118T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ OLYMPICS- 1017 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 8 TO 18 INCH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A FOOT OF SNOW OR MORE IS LIKELY IN 12 HOURS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-170230- /O.EXB.KSEW.WS.W.0002.120116T1817Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 1017 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN...FRIDAY HARBOR...ANACORTES AND MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW LATE TONIGHT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY 20 TO 30 MPH NORTHEAST WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE CONTINUES TO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 4 INCHES OF SNOW OR MORE IS LIKELY WITHIN 12 HOURS. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ518-519-170230- /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.W.0002.120116T1817Z-120118T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 1017 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER...CONCRETE... DARRINGTON... INDEX...STEVENS PASS...PARADISE...AND MORTON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. * IMPACT...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ505-507-510-514-515-170230- /O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.120116T1817Z-120117T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WS.A.0002.120117T0800Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 1017 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...MONROE...NORTH BEND AND ENUMCLAW. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL GIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION REMAINS FOR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TO FALL IN 12 HOURS. && $$ WAZ504-512-170230- /O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.120116T1817Z-120117T0800Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 1017 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OLYMPIA...CHEHALIS...MONTESANO. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN SHOWERS TODAY AND ANOTHER INCH OR TWO TONIGHT. THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TO FALL IN 12 HOURS. && $$ WAZ508-509-511-170230- /O.NEW.KSEW.WS.A.0002.120117T0800Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- 1017 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON...SHELTON. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ ALBRECHT WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
403 WWUS46 KSEW 162235 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 235 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 .AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY GIVING LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA. COLD CONTINENTAL AIR DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL POSSIBLY HELP FOCUS SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE CHANCES FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVING INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS INCREASING. WAZ513-518-519-170800- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0200Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 235 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER...CONCRETE... DARRINGTON... INDEX...STEVENS PASS...PARADISE...AND MORTON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF A COUPLE OF FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACT...EXTREMEM WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ516-517-170800- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 235 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...FORKS...PACIFIC BEACH...ABERDEEN... HOQUIAM. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TONIGHT. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AWAY FROM THE BEACHES AND ON HILLS ABOVE ABOUT 100 FEET. SIGNIFICANT ADDITION ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAYS STORM MAY BRING 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 4 INCHES OF SNOW OR MORE IS LIKELY WITHIN 12 HOURS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE REA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-170800- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 235 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN...FRIDAY HARBOR...ANACORTES AND MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SNOW LATE TONIGHT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY 20 TO 30 MPH NORTHEAST WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE CONTINUES TO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WEDNESDAYS STORM MAY BRING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...ACCOMPANIED WITH DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 4 INCHES OF SNOW OR MORE IS LIKELY WITHIN 12 HOURS. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ505-507-510-514-515-170800- /O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0800Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0002.120117T0800Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 235 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...MONROE...NORTH BEND AND ENUMCLAW. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL GIVE UP TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TONIGHT. ANOTHER 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ON TUESDAY...IF IT OCCURS...WOULD BE AROUND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND NEAR THE CASCADES IN THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY BRING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WEDNESDAY STORM MAY BRING ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TO FALL IN 12 HOURS. && $$ WAZ504-512-170800- /O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0800Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 235 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OLYMPIA...CHEHALIS...MONTESANO. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 OR 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN SHOWERS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY IN SHOWERS. THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY EVENING. WEDNESDAYS STORM MAY BRING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TO FALL IN 12 HOURS. && $$ WAZ508-509-511-170800- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0002.120117T0800Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- 235 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON... SHELTON. * TIMING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS COOLER UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS LIKELY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AT THIS TIME UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN STEADY OR GRADUALLY FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...SO ROADWAYS MAY FREEZE. A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS LIKELY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WEDNESDAYS STORM MAY BRING 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ ALBRECHT WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
350 WWUS46 KSEW 170411 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 811 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 .SNOW SHOWERS...LOCALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. AFTER A BREAK TUESDAY NIGHT...A MAJOR WINTER STORM COULD MOVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY. WAZ505-507-510-514-515-171330- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.A.0002.120117T0800Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 811 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...MONROE...NORTH BEND AND ENUMCLAW. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL GIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TONIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ON TUESDAY ARE LIKELY TO BE AROUND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND NEAR THE CASCADES IN THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS. IN GENERAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE SPOTTY AND HIT OR MISS. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEDNESDAY STORM COULD BRING ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. && $$ WAZ504-512-171330- /O.UPG.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0800Z/ /O.EXA.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 811 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OLYMPIA...CHEHALIS...MONTESANO. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN SHOWERS TONIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY IN SHOWERS. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH NEW SNOW OF 6 TO 14 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. && $$ WAZ513-518-519-171330- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0200Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 811 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER...CONCRETE... DARRINGTON... INDEX...STEVENS PASS...PARADISE...AND MORTON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF A COUPLE OF FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. && $$ WAZ516-517-171330- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 811 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...FORKS...PACIFIC BEACH...ABERDEEN... HOQUIAM. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TONIGHT. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AWAY FROM THE BEACHES AND ON HILLS ABOVE ABOUT 100 FEET. SIGNIFICANT ADDITION ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. THE WEDNESDAY STORM MAY BRING 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 4 INCHES OF SNOW OR MORE IS LIKELY WITHIN 12 HOURS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-171330- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 811 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN...FRIDAY HARBOR...ANACORTES AND MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WEDNESDAY MAY BRING NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...POSSIBLY WITH DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE LOWLANDS WHEN 4 INCHES OF SNOW OR MORE IS LIKELY WITHIN 12 HOURS. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. && $$ WAZ508-509-511-171330- /O.UPG.KSEW.WS.A.0002.120117T0800Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- 811 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW SHOWERS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON... SHELTON. * TIMING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS COOLER UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS LIKELY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY. * MAIN IMPACT...EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. && $$
882 WWUS46 KSEW 171300 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 500 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 .SNOW SHOWERS...LOCALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. AFTER A BREAK THIS EVENING...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WAZ504-512-516-517-180000- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.UPG.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WS.W.0003.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ /O.EXA.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-NORTH COAST- CENTRAL COAST- 500 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OLYMPIA...CHEHALIS...MONTESANO ...FORKS...HOQUIAM. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN SHOWERS. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...4 TO 14 INCHES WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST AND THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-180000- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1400Z/ /O.EXA.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 500 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN...FRIDAY HARBOR...ANACORTES AND MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN SHOWERS. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ513-518-519-180000- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0800Z/ OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 500 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER...CONCRETE... DARRINGTON... INDEX...STEVENS PASS...PARADISE...AND MORTON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO THREE AND A HALF FEET OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ505-507>511-514-515-180000- /O.UPG.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WS.W.0003.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 500 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON... SHELTON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN SHOWERS. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TO DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$
123 WWUS46 KSEW 172335 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 335 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. WAZ001-503-506-181300- /O.CAN.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KSEW.WS.A.0001.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0006.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 335 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN...FRIDAY HARBOR...ANACORTES AND MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * WIND CHILL...FALLING TO NEAR ZERO DEGREES IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>512-514>517-181300- /O.CAN.KSEW.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0003.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 335 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...EVERETT...BREMERTON... SHELTON...OLYMPIA...ABERDEEN...FORKS AND PORT ANGELES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. THE HIGHER END OF THIS RANGE SHOULD OCCUR OVER THE SOUTH SOUND NEAR OLYMPIA. THE SEATTLE METRO AREA AND THE CENTRAL COAST SHOULD RECEIVE 5 TO 10 INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE EVERETT AREA...ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...AND PARTS OF THE NORTH COAST. * FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THE CENTRAL COAST TO THE SOUTH SOUND AROUND MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN AN AREA STRETCHING FROM HOQUIAM TO OLYMPIA TO TACOMA. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TO DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ513-518-519-181300- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0800Z/ OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 335 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER...CONCRETE... DARRINGTON... INDEX...STEVENS PASS...PARADISE...AND MORTON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO THREE FEET OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$
654 WWUS46 KSEW 180702 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1102 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. WAZ513-518-519-181330- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0800Z/ OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 1102 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER...CONCRETE... DARRINGTON... INDEX...STEVENS PASS...PARADISE...AND MORTON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO THREE FEET OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>512-514>517-181330- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0003.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1102 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...EVERETT... BREMERTON... SHELTON...OLYMPIA...ABERDEEN...FORKS AND PORT ANGELES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE SEATTLE AREA INCLUDING HOOD CANAL AND THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS. 3-5 INCHES OVER THE COAST AND NORTHERN ZONES INCLUDING THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AREA. * FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THE CENTRAL COAST TO THE SOUTH SOUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE- TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN AN AREA STRETCHING FROM HOQUIAM TO OLYMPIA TO TACOMA. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TO DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-181330- /O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0006.120118T0800Z-120119T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 1102 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN...FRIDAY HARBOR...ANACORTES AND MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * WIND CHILL...FALLING TO NEAR ZERO DEGREES IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW EXPECTED. && $$
367 WWUS46 KSEW 181333 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 533 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. WAZ510-514>516-190000- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120119T0800Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120119T0200Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST- 533 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN...FRIDAY HARBOR...ANACORTES...MOUNT VERNON...PORT ANGELES. * TIMING...TODAY. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * WIND CHILL...FALLING TO NEAR ZERO DEGREES IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ518-181445- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0800Z/ WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- 533 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-517-190000- /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120119T0400Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-CENTRAL COAST- 533 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...EVERETT... BREMERTON... SHELTON...OLYMPIA...ABERDEEN. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE SEATTLE AREA INCLUDING HOOD CANAL AND THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS AND OVER THE CENTRAL COAST. * FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTH SOUND THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-5 CORRIDOR BETWEEN OLYMPIA AND CHEHALIS. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ513-190000- /O.EXT.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0400Z/ OLYMPICS- 533 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITION 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ519-190000- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0800Z/ WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 533 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...STEVENS PASS...SNOQUALMIE PASS...PARADISE...AND MORTON. * TIMING...TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 18 TO 30 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-190000- /O.EXT.KSEW.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120119T0200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 533 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN...FRIDAY HARBOR...ANACORTES AND MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY OVER WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * WIND CHILL...FALLING TO NEAR ZERO DEGREES IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$
135 WWUS46 KSEW 181433 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 633 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-517-190000- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120119T0400Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-CENTRAL COAST- 633 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...EVERETT... BREMERTON... SHELTON...OLYMPIA...ABERDEEN...MONTESANO...ELMA. * TIMING...THOUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR AND 8 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY. 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE SEATTLE AREA INCLUDING HOOD CANAL AND THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS AND OVER THE CENTRAL COAST. * FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTH SOUND THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-5 CORRIDOR BETWEEN OLYMPIA AND CHEHALIS. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ519-190000- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0800Z/ WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 633 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...STEVENS PASS...SNOQUALMIE PASS... PARADISE...AND MORTON. * TIMING...TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 18 TO 30 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ513-190000- /O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0400Z/ OLYMPICS- 633 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITION 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * IMPACT...EXTREME WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO COMPACT SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-514>516-190000- /O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120119T0200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST- 633 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN...FRIDAY HARBOR...ANACORTES...MOUNT VERNON...PORT ANGELES. * TIMING...TODAY. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * WIND CHILL...FALLING TO NEAR ZERO DEGREES IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$
651 WWUS46 KSEW 182326 WSWSEW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 326 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .THE MAIN BAND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION. HOWEVER A SURFACE LOW REMAINS NEAR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST LATE TODAY AND WILL VERY SLOWLY MOVE EAST TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER MOST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES NORTH OF SEATTLE ARE COLD ENOUGH THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT SNOW. SOUTH OF SEATTLE TO AROUND OLYMPIA THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW AND SOUTH OF THERE MOSTLY RAIN WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS ALL AREAS WILL BE LIGHT...AMOUNTING TO LESS THAN AN INCH. WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-190800- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120119T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0007.120118T2326Z-120119T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 326 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...TACOMA...EVERETT... BREMERTON... HELTON...OLYMPIA...ABERDEEN...MONTESANO...ELMA. * TIMING...THOUGH THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...TRACE TO LESS THAN AN INCH. * FREEZING RAIN...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY SOUTH OF SEATTLE WILL CAUSE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE THIS EVENING...GENERALLY ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPECT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE AREA...CARRY AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER MAY BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. && $$ WAZ519-190030- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0800Z/ WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 326 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL CASCADES LEAVING BEHIND SOME LIGHT SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND LOCAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE CASCADES. $$ WAZ517-190030- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120119T0400Z/ CENTRAL COAST- 326 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL COAST LEAVING BEHIND VERY LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE CENTRAL COAST. $$ WAZ513-190030- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120119T0400Z/ OLYMPICS- 326 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION LEAVING BEHIND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE OLYMPICS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-514>516-190030- /O.CAN.KSEW.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120119T0200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST- 326 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED FLURRIES THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. $$ CERNIGLIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:39 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 days | |
| Jan 16, 2:39 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Jan 16, 4:22 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | San Juan | 35 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:22 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 16, 10:17 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Jan 16, 10:17 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.