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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Seattle, WA

September 28, 2013San Juan County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind watch at Sep 28, 2013, 10:53 AM PDT for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Sep 29, 2013, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2013, 10:53 AM PDT (17:53 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2013, 3:00 PM PDT
Expired
Sep 29, 2013, 11:07 AM PDT
In force
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 17:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Quillayute State, WA at 12:00Z on 2013-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Quillayute State, WA at 12:00Z on 2013-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

864 
WWUS76 KSEW 281753
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1053 AM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

.LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH A STRONG FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE AROUND
SUNDAY EVENING...WITH A CHANCE OF DAMAGING HIGH WINDS OVER
PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON.

WAZ516-517-290500-
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130929T0000Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
1053 AM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ALSO ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM...OCEAN SHORES...QUEETS...
  AND LA PUSH. 

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL OCCUR WITH A STRONG
  FRONT. ANOTHER STRONGER FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA AROUND SUNDAY EVENING.

* WIND...TODAY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50
  MPH. LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH A STRONGER SYSTEM.

* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TODAY COULD SNAP BRANCHES AND AND CAUSE
  LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. MORE WIDESPREAD AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
  POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ508-290500-
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130929T0200Z/
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-
1053 AM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ALSO ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...BREMERTON. 

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL OCCUR WITH A STRONG
  FRONT. ANOTHER STRONGER FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA LATER SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

* WIND...TODAY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.
  LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH A STRONGER SYSTEM.

* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TODAY COULD SNAP BRANCHES AND AND CAUSE
  LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. MORE WIDESPREAD AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
  POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ001-503-506-507-510-290500-
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130929T0200Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
EVERETT AND VICINITY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
1053 AM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...MOUNT VERNON... PORT
  TOWNSEND...BELLINGHAM...FRIDAY HARBOR...AND OAK HARBOR.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL OCCUR WITH A STRONG
  FRONT. ANOTHER STRONGER FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

* WIND...TODAY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50
  MPH. LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS SHIFTING TO
  SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
  A STRONGER SYSTEM.

* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TODAY COULD SNAP BRANCHES AND AND CAUSE
  LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. MORE WIDESPREAD AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
  POSSIBLE AROUND SUNDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ515-290500-
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
1053 AM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEKIU.

* TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA AROUND SUNDAY
  EVENING.

* WIND...LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH A STRONG FRONT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND SUNDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$

WAZ511-290500-
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
HOOD CANAL AREA-
1053 AM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BANGOR...HOOD CANAL BRIDGE...LOFALL.

* TIMING...A STRONG FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA AROUND SUNDAY
  EVENING.

* WIND...LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SOUTH WINDS OF 40 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH A STRONG FRONT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
  NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
909 
WWUS76 KSEW 290419
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
919 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

.A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE AROUND SUNDAY EVENING...WITH
A CHANCE OF DAMAGING HIGH WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON.

WAZ516-517-291230-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
919 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM...OCEAN SHORES...FORKS.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  AND SUNDAY EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER
  OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$

WAZ515-291230-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
919 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEKIU.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  AND SUNDAY EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER
  OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$

WAZ001-503-506-507-510-291230-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
EVERETT AND VICINITY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
919 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...MOUNT VERNON... PORT 
  TOWNSEND...BELLINGHAM...FRIDAY HARBOR...AND OAK HARBOR. 

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER
  OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$

WAZ508-511-291230-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
919 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...BREMERTON.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT.

* WIND...SOUTH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES AND CAUSE POWER
  OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$
196 
WWUS76 KSEW 291107
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

WAZ516-517-291915-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0003.130929T2200Z-130930T1200Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT
MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM...OCEAN SHORES...AND FORKS.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING
  OR BETWEEN 5 PM AND 10 PM PDT BUT THERE MAY BE ANOTHER BRIEF
  BURST OF STRONG WINDS AROUND MIDNIGHT.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
  60 MPH LATE TODAY OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE MAY BE ISOLATED
  GUSTS TO 65 MPH THIS EVENING NEAR THE BEACHES.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND
  DAMAGE PROPERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH
OR STRONGER ARE LIKELY OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ001-503-506-507-510-291915-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130929T2200Z-130930T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0003.130929T2200Z-130930T1200Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
EVERETT AND VICINITY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH INTERIOR...INCLUDING
EVERETT AND VICINITY...FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT
MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...PORT TOWNSEND...OAK
  HARBOR...BELLINGHAM...FRIDAY HARBOR...CHERRY POINT.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 7 PM
  AND MIDNIGHT PDT.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  60 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE
  ADMIRALTY INLET AREA WHERE GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND
  DAMAGE PROPERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH
OR STRONGER ARE LIKELY OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ504-505-509-512-291915-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0011.130930T0100Z-130930T1200Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-TACOMA AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...INCLUDING
THE TACOMA AREA...AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT
MONDAY. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...TACOMA...OLYMPIA...CENTRALIA...
  MONTESANO...RENTON...AND BONNY LAKE.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING
  OR WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. 

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
  HIGH AS 55 MPH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE
  BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...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.

&&

$$

WAZ513-291915-
/O.EXB.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130930T0100Z-130930T1000Z/
OLYMPICS-
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE OLYMPIC RANGE FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING
  OR WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS
  POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 75 MPH THIS EVENING ACROSS AREAS EXPOSED TO
  STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND
EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR
STRONGER MAY OCCUR.

&&

$$

WAZ515-291915-
/O.EXT.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130930T0100Z-130930T1000Z/
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE
FUCA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEKIU.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING
  OR BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM PDT BUT THERE MAY BE ANOTHER BRIEF
  BURST OF STRONG WINDS ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY GUSTS TO 60
  MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND
  DAMAGE PROPERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND
EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR
STRONGER MAY OCCUR.

&&

$$

WAZ508-511-291915-
/O.EXT.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130930T0100Z-130930T1200Z/
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SEATTLE AREA...KITSAP
PENINSULA...AND HOOD CANAL AREA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...BREMERTON...AND SEABECK.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 7 PM
  AND MIDNIGHT PDT OR WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  LOCALLY TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND
  DAMAGE PROPERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND
EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR
STRONGER MAY OCCUR.

&&

$$

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
623 
WWUS76 KSEW 291807
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1107 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...POWERFUL AND DAMAGING WINDSTORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON TONIGHT...

.EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE WITH A LOW PRESSURE CENTER
THAT WILL MAKE LANDFALL THIS EVENING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE FAR
NORTH WASHINGTON COAST AND CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND THIS EVENING.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST SEPTEMBER
WINDSTORMS ON RECORD. NORTHWEST WASHINGTON...FROM THE NORTH COAST
THROUGH THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND THE NORTH INTERIOR...WILL
BE AT THE GREATEST RISK FROM THE STRONGEST WINDS.


WAZ505-300600-
/O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0011.130930T0100Z-130930T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0003.130930T0000Z-130930T1100Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
1107 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM
PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PDT
MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...AUBURN...BELLEVUE...BOTHELL...
  MONROE...SNOHOMISH...AND LAKE STEVENS.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
  HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER
  LINES...AND DAMAGE PROPERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ508-511-300600-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130930T0100Z-130930T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0003.130930T0000Z-130930T1100Z/
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
1107 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM
PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PDT
MONDAY. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...FEDERAL WAY...SHORELINE...
  BREMERTON...SILVERDALE...POULSBO...KINGSTON...SEABECK...AND
  THE HOOD CANAL BRIDGE AREA.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
  50 TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND 
  DAMAGE PROPERTY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ513-300600-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130930T0100Z-130930T1000Z/
/O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0003.130929T2200Z-130930T1100Z/
OLYMPICS-
1107 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM
PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PDT
MONDAY. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EXPOSED RIDGETOP LOCATIONS SUCH AS
  HURRICANE RIDGE.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING
  AND OVERNIGHT.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AND THEN SOUTHWEST AT 35 TO 50
  MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BLOW DOWN TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ515-300600-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0002.130930T0100Z-130930T1000Z/
/O.EXA.KSEW.HW.W.0003.130929T2200Z-130930T1200Z/
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
1107 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT
MONDAY. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEKIU AND CLALLAM BAY.

* TIMING...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME
  STRONG EARLY THIS EVENING. A BRIEF BURST OF SOUTH WIND IS
  POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND 9 PM.
  STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

* WIND...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH. WINDS SHIFTING OUT OF THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING AT
  30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND 
  DAMAGE PROPERTY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ001-503-506-507-510-300600-
/O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0003.130930T0000Z-130930T1400Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
EVERETT AND VICINITY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
1107 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM PDT MONDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY
  ISLAND...ANACORTES...BELLINGHAM...CHERRY POINT AND THE SAN JUAN
  ISLANDS. 

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. A
  SHIFT TO POWERFUL WEST WINDS IS EXPECTED AROUND MIDNIGHT FOR
  LOCATIONS NORTH OF EVERETT.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 60 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND WILL LIKELY BE OVER
  THE ADMIRALTY INLET AREA WHERE GUSTS COULD REACH 60 TO 70 MPH.
  ONCE WINDS BECOME WESTERLY AROUND MIDNIGHT NORTH OF
  EVERETT...SPEEDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE
  POSSIBLE...WITH THE STRONGER WINDS FOR NORTH WHIDBEY
  ISLAND...FIDALGO ISLAND...AND THE SOUTHERN SAN JUAN ISLANDS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND 
  DAMAGE PROPERTY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH
OR STRONGER ARE LIKELY OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ516-517-300600-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0003.130929T2200Z-130930T1200Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
1107 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...ABERDEEN...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH...
  FORKS...AND NEAH BAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE
  FAR NORTH COAST NEAR NEAH BAY.

* TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY STRONG THROUGH 10
  PM. A SHIFT TO STRONG WEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AROUND 10 PM...THEN
  DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
  60 TO 65 MPH. A SHIFT TO WEST WINDS IS EXPECTED AROUND 10
  PM...WITH SIMILAR SPEEDS FOR MOST OF THE COAST. HOWEVER...A
  HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUST TO 75 MPH IS POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR
  NORTH COAST NEAR CAPE FLATTERY AND NEAH BAY.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND
  DAMAGE PROPERTY. NEAR NEAH BAY AND CAPE FLATTERY...HURRICANE
  FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY
  EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH
OR STRONGER ARE LIKELY OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

WAZ514-300600-
/O.EXB.KSEW.WI.Y.0011.130930T0400Z-130930T1400Z/
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
1107 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PDT
MONDAY. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT ANGELES AND SEQUIM.

* TIMING...STRONGER WINDS WILL OCCUR AFTER A SHIFT TO WEST WINDS
  OCCURS AROUND 11 PM.

* WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH NEAR
  EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES... 
  TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...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.

&&

$$

WAZ504-509-512-300600-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0011.130930T0100Z-130930T1200Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-TACOMA AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
1107 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT MONDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...TACOMA...OLYMPIA...CENTRALIA...AND
  MONTESANO.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING.

* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
  HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES... 
  TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...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.

&&

$$

HANER

WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Sep 28, 9:00 AM PDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 9:00 AM PDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
900 AM PDT SAT SEP 28 2013

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
WASHINGTON THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REACH
THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AND THAT SYSTEM WILL HAVE A DEEP
LOW PRESSURE CENTER CROSS VANCOUVER ISLAND SUNDAY EVENING. COOL AND
SHOWERY WEATHER IS ON TAP MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM...THE STRONG WET FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING OVER WESTERN WA
SHOWS AN AREA OF PRESSURE FALLS OF 5MB/3HR SOUTH OF VANCOUVER ISLAND
AT 8AM. PRESSURE GRADIENTS OVER WESTERN WA WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE STRONG PORTION OF THE SYSTEM MOVES OVER WRN WA. THE
CENTER OF THE LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS NEAR 130W AROUND 52N THIS
MORNING. THE FRONT IS STRONG AND BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE NAM
SHOWS WIND SPEEDS REACHING 70KT OVER NW OREGON AT 850MB WITH 60-70KT
WINDS DOWN TO 925MB ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. THIS
SYSTEM HAS PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND WITH THE STRONG SW FLOW ALOFT
HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THE SECOND SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY OUT AROUND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT FRONTAL WAVE WILL SPIN UP AND A DEEP LOW
WILL CROSS VANCOUVER ISLAND SUNDAY EVENING. THE 12Z NAM TAKES A
971MB LOW INTO THE TOFINO AREA SUNDAY EVENING. THE 12Z GFS HAS A
980MB LOW ABOUT 100 MILES WEST OF DESTRUCTION ISLAND LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND IT CROSSES VANCOUVER ISLAND AND IS SHOWN AT THE NRN
PORTION OF THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA AROUND 11PM SUNDAY. THE PDX-BLI
GRADIENT AT THAT TIME IS FORECAST BY THE 12Z GFS TO BE AROUND
11MB...SO A WINDY NIGHT IS ON TAP. AT SOME POINT TODAY IT IS LIKELY
THAT A HIGH WIND WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR THAT SYSTEM.

.LONG TERM...THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK WILL BE COOL AND SHOWERY
WITH A LOW SNOW LEVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS...PROBABLY GETTING DOWN
AROUND 4500FT. DRY WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...TWO FRONTAL SYSTEMS OUGHT TO BRING 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAIN TO THE MOUNTAINS EACH THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST SYSTEM DRAGS
THROUGH WESTERN WA TODAY AND TONIGHT AND THE SECOND SYSTEM WILL
REACH THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS
WILL FILL UP THE RIVERS AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF GETTING UP TO FLOOD
STAGE ON SOME RIVERS...THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN MASON COUNTY THE MOST
LIKELY. THERE IS A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT.

&&

.AVIATION...A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL AFFECT W WA THROUGH 06Z.
THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE N COAST AROUND 00Z AND
PUGET SOUND AROUND 03Z. CONTINUING RAIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL
LOWER CIGS DOWN BELOW 3000 FEET WITH AREAS OF IFR CIGS DEVELOPING.
VISIBILITY WILL BE GENERALLY 3-7 MILES IN RAIN...BUT LOCAL VIS 2SM
RA BR IS POSSIBLE. STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL DEVELOP
WITH AREAS OF 35-50 KT S-SW WINDS AT FL025 EXPECTED. AREAS OF S-SE
SURFACE WINDS 15-30 KT GUSTING 45 KT ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE COAST AND OVER INTERIOR AREAS NORTH OF SEATTLE.

ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.

KSEA...CIGS ARE CURRENTLY VFR BUT WITH RAIN CONTINUING SHOULD LOWER
TO BKN-OVC010-020 BY 21Z. COULD SEE SOME IFR CIGS BKN005-010 AS
WELL. SSW WINDS ALOFT AT 5000 FEET WILL BE AROUND 40 KT AT
15Z...RISING TO 60 KT 21Z-00Z. WINDS WILL WEAKEN AFTER FROPA AROUND
03Z. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY 10-20 KT...WITH GUSTS 20-30
KT FROM 21Z THROUGH ABOUT 03Z. KAM

&&

.MARINE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE N COAST LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND SWEEP ACROSS PUGET SOUND EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT
S-SE GALES ALONG THE COAST AND N INTERIOR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THERE
IS A SMALLER CHANCE OF S GALES OVER N PUGET SOUND THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW.

ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE COAST LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
WITH THE ASSOCIATED 972 MB TO 980 MB LOW REACHING CENTRAL VANCOUVER
ISLAND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE A VIGOROUS
FRONTAL SYSTEM WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SOLID GALES AND POSSIBLY STORM
FORCE WINDS...BUT MODEL DIFFERENCES IN TRACK AND STRENGTH ARE STILL
LOWERING CONFIDENCE IN SOME OF THE DETAILS.

TODAYS FRONT WILL GENERATE 14 TO 17 FT SEAS OFFSHORE THAT WILL
SPREAD INTO THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL LIKELY
BUILD TO AROUND 25 FEET OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT. KAM

&&

.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST...NORTH
     INTERIOR...AND PARTS OF THE PUGET SOUND REGION TIL 7 PM
     PDT THIS EVENING.

     A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE CWA FROM THIS
     EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

PZ...GALE WARNING COASTAL WATERS...ENTRANCES TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN
      DE FUCA...ADMIRALTY INLET AND NORTHERN INLAND WATERS.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH GRAYS HARBOR BAR.

     STORM WATCH COASTAL WATERS...NORTHERN INLAND WATERS...
      ADMIRALTY INLET AND EAST ENTRANCE TO THE STRAIT LATE SUNDAY
      AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

     GALE WATCH PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL...WEST ENTRANCE TO THE
      STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...AND THE CENTRAL STRAIT OF JUAN DE
      FUCA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
&&

YOU CAN SEE AN ILLUSTRATED VERSION OF THE FORECAST DISCUSSION AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE/GAFD/LATEST_WEBAFD.HTML

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 9:04 PM PDTGale WarningSEW24 hr
Sep 27, 9:04 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW30 hr
Sep 28, 2:41 AM PDTGale WatchSEW24 hr
Sep 28, 2:41 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarSEW4 days
Sep 28, 2:41 AM PDTStorm WatchSEW24 hr
Sep 28, 3:23 AM PDTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan16 hr
Sep 28, 2:39 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.