Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Jan 27, 2016, 9:04 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It was in force for 11 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
- Jan 27, 2016, 9:04 PM PST (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2016, 8:00 AM PST
- In force
- 11 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 05:06 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 00:00Z, 5.1 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
205 WWUS76 KSEW 280504 CCA NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 904 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 WAZ001-503-281200- /O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0001.160128T0504Z-160128T1200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 904 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONGEST WIND WILL LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN BLOW DOWN TREE BRANCHES...WEAK TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ506-510-516-517-281200- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 904 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONGEST WIND WILL BE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN BLOW DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
740 WWUS76 KSEW 281130 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 330 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 WAZ001-503-281600- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 330 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONG WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH WIND 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN BLOW DOWN TREE BRANCHES... WEAK TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ506-510-516-517-281600- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 330 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONG WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH WIND 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN BLOW DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
993 WWUS76 KSEW 281541 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 741 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 WAZ001-503-281645- /O.EXP.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 741 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE FALLEN WELL BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA...AND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO EASE TODAY. $$ WAZ506-510-516-517-281645- /O.EXP.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 741 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE FALLEN WELL BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO EASE TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 8:27 PM PST | Storm Warning | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 28, 1:26 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Clallam | 18 hr |
| Jan 28, 7:14 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 18 hr |
| Jan 28, 8:17 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Clallam | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 9:15 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Jan 28, 9:23 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 27 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:05 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 17 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:42 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Skagit | 29 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:42 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 21 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:29 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 17 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:59 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 days | |
| Jan 28, 2:59 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 28, 3:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Jan 28, 3:02 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Jan 28, 3:08 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 33 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.