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Gale Watch 71, NWS Seattle, WA

December 4, 2016

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale watch at Dec 4, 2016, 2:10 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 5, 2016, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2016, 2:10 PM PST (22:10 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 5, 2016, 3:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 5, 2016, 3:06 AM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Dec 4, 9:00 AM PST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 9:00 AM PST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 4, 1:22 PM PST, 48 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 3, 9:13 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		6 hr
Dec 4, 3:06 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		4 hr
Dec 4, 3:06 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		43 hr
Dec 4, 4:25 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW	San Juan	32 hr
Dec 4, 1:07 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		26 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Washington, 2016 Every gale watch in 2016

Sources

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