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Winter Storm Watch 19, NWS Seattle, WA

December 17, 2012

NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 17, 2012, 4:59 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 17, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2012, 4:59 AM PST (12:59 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 17, 2012, 12:19 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 17, 3:45 AM PST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 3:45 AM PST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 17, 4:13 AM PST, 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 17, 4:59 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		19 hr
Dec 17, 10:44 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	5 hr
Dec 17, 12:19 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Dec 17, 1:33 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		13 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.