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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Seattle, WA

March 19, 2013

NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2013, 3:49 AM PDT. It took effect at Mar 19, 2013, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 35 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2013, 3:49 AM PDT (10:49 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2013, 5:00 PM PDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2013, 4:04 AM PDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 19, 3:36 AM PDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:36 AM PDT, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:37 AM PDT, 12 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
Mar 18, 9:29 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		18 hr
Mar 19, 3:12 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		47 hr
Mar 19, 3:01 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		6 hr
Mar 19, 3:11 PM PDT	Flood Watch	SEW	Mason	27 hr
Mar 19, 3:50 PM PDT	High Wind Watch	SEW	San Juan	12 hr
Mar 19, 3:50 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	31 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2013 Every winter storm warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.