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Gale Watch 77, NWS Seattle, WA

December 19, 2016

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale watch at Dec 19, 2016, 2:49 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 20, 2016, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2016, 2:49 AM PST (10:49 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2016, 12:00 AM PST
Expired: Dec 19, 2016, 2:45 PM 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 18, 9:00 PM PST, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 9:00 PM PST, 5 hours 49 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 18, 8:50 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		4 days
Dec 18, 8:50 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Dec 19, 1:29 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	8 hr
Dec 19, 8:46 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		36 hr
Dec 19, 8:46 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 hr
Dec 19, 10:15 AM PST	High Wind Watch	SEW	San Juan	5 hr
Dec 19, 2:45 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		13 hr
Dec 19, 2:50 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	SEW		36 hr
Dec 19, 3:16 PM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW	San Juan	19 hr
Dec 19, 3:16 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		19 hr
Dec 19, 3:16 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		23 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.