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Gale Warning 61, NWS Seattle, WA

September 28, 2013

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Sep 28, 2013, 9:04 PM PDT. It took effect at Sep 29, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2013, 9:04 PM PDT (04:04 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 29, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: Sep 29, 2013, 2:56 AM PDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Sep 28, 3:25 PM PDT, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 3:25 PM PDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 28, 4:39 PM PDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
439 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 SSE BRINNON           47.63N 122.88W
09/28/2013  M2.00 INCH       KITSAP             WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 3 AM. ALSO POWER
            OUT IN THE SEABECK AREA AND TREES ARE DOWN.

0430 PM     HEAVY RAIN       NE NAPAVINE             46.58N 122.90W
09/28/2013  M2.01 INCH       LEWIS              WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED 2.01 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24
            HOURS. ALSO REPORTED WIND GUST OF 28 MPH AROUND 3 PM.

&&

JSMITH

Local storm report, Sep 28, 5:06 PM PDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
506 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 W FREDERICKSON        47.09N 122.38W
09/28/2013                   PIERCE             WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            4 TO 5 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN.

0432 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG UNIVERSITY              47.67N 122.31W
09/28/2013                   KING               WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED A DOWNED TREE INSIDE THE E1 PARKING LOT
            AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON JUST NORTH OF HUSKY
            STADIUM.

&&

JSMITH

Local storm report, Sep 28, 6:39 PM PDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
639 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0637 PM     HEAVY RAIN       11 WSW BANGOR TRIDENT B 47.65N 122.94W
09/28/2013  M3.21 INCH       JEFFERSON          WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL.

&&

GS

Local storm report, Sep 28, 6:51 PM PDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
651 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0648 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NW VAUGHN             47.35N 122.78W
09/28/2013  M1.79 INCH       PIERCE             WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.79 INCHES OF RAIN 6 AM - 6 PM. STILL RAINING.

0648 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 ENE FEDERAL WAY       47.34N 122.25W
09/28/2013  M2.48 INCH       KING               WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2.48 INCHES OF RAIN 6 AM-6 PM. STILL RAINING.

&&

ALBRECHT

Local storm report, Sep 28, 6:55 PM PDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
655 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0654 PM     HEAVY RAIN       12 SW BREMERTON         47.43N 122.89W
09/28/2013  M2.29 INCH       MASON              WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR TOTAL. STILL RAINING.

&&

GS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 28, 9:04 PM PDT	Storm Warning	SEW		30 hr
Sep 29, 2:56 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		8 hr
Sep 29, 2:56 AM PDT	High Surf Warning	SEW		32 hr
Sep 29, 4:07 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	SEW	San Juan	20 hr
Sep 29, 4:07 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	SEW		23 hr
Sep 29, 4:20 AM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		12 hr
Sep 29, 12:15 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	32 hr
Sep 29, 12:15 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	15 hr
Sep 29, 3:52 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		38 hr

Nearby

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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.