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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2014, 1:30 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 11, 2014, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2014, 1:30 AM PST (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2014, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2014, 1:00 AM PST
- In force
- 19 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 09:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 845 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898 WWUS76 KSEW 110930 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 WAZ001-503-506-111730- /O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.140111T1400Z-140112T0800Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...AND AGAIN AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW. * WIND...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ510-111730- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140112T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WILL CROSS THE NORTH INTERIOR 4 AM SATURDAY MORNING. A DEEP SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT... AND AGAIN AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND WEAKEN BRIEFLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING BACK TO SOUTH LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING WITH WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ516-517-111730- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140111T1800Z-140112T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST INCLUDING WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH AND NEAH BAY. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WILL CROSS THE COAST AROUND 1 AM OR 2 AM SATURDAY MORNING WITH STRONG ONSHORE FLOW FOLLOWING THE FRONT SATURDAY. A DEEP SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER SATURDAY CONTINUING THE STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALONG THE COAST. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF RELATIVE LULL IN THE WIND SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW. * WIND...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. WIND WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY SATURDAY MORNING AND COULD REACH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH 60 MPH GUSTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-514-515-111730- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS WILL HAVE PERIODS OF WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PEAK AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WIND...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SHORT PERIODS OF WEAKER WINDS WILL BE INTERSPERSED WITH THE STRONGER WINDS. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
3 follow-up statements
435 WWUS76 KSEW 111151 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 WAZ516-517-120100- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140111T1800Z-140112T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST INCLUDING WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH AND NEAH BAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...BECOMING WEST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ510-120100- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140112T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH....BECOMING WEST. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-120100- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.140111T1400Z-140112T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...MOUNT VERNON. * WIND...SOUTH WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH EARLY...BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-514-515-120100- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS WILL HAVE PERIODS OF WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
415 WWUS76 KSEW 112254 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 WAZ516-517-120300- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH AND NEAH BAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ510-120900- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * WIND...WEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-514-515-120900- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS WILL HAVE PERIODS OF WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-120900- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...MOUNT VERNON. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
138 WWUS76 KSEW 120905 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 105 AM PST SUN JAN 12 2014 WAZ510-121500- /O.EXP.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0003.140112T0905Z-140112T1500Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 105 AM PST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * WIND...WEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-514-515-121015- /O.EXP.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 105 AM PST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ WAZ001-503-506-121015- /O.EXP.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 105 AM PST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 10, 10:40 PM PST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1040 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NNW CLINTON 47.99N 122.36W
01/10/2014 E35 MPH ISLAND WA TRAINED SPOTTER
SUSTAINED WINDS 15-20 MPH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. ON THE BLUFF
AT CLINTON. SOUTH END OF WHIDBEY ISLAND ON THE EAST SIDE.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:31 AM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Jan 11, 1:31 AM PST | High Surf Warning | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Jan 11, 1:33 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 38 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:19 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Clallam | 14 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:05 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.