Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Oct 6, 2016, 10:04 AM PDT for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Oct 6, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 13 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
- Oct 6, 2016, 10:04 AM PDT (17:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2016, 9:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 13 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 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
903 WWUS76 KSEW 061704 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1004 AM PDT THU OCT 6 2016 WAZ001-503-506-510-070400- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0005.161007T0300Z-161007T1600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 1004 AM PDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT. PEAK WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH, WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WILL BE THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE THIS SEASON. IMPACTS SUCH AS TREE DAMAGE ARE TYPICALLY GREATER FOR AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WHEN IT IS THE FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON. PREPARE FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY OF THE WIND-RELATED DEATHS IN WESTERN WASHINGTON OCCUR WHEN TREES TOPPLES ONTO PEOPLE IN CARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS BEING ISSUED DUE TO THE ENHANCED THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT OFTEN COMES WITH THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THE FALL SEASON. && $$ WAZ516-517-070400- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0005.161007T0300Z-161007T1300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1004 AM PDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT. PEAK WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH, WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WILL BE THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE THIS SEASON. IMPACTS SUCH AS TREE DAMAGE ARE TYPICALLY GREATER FOR AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WHEN IT IS THE FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON. PREPARE FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY OF THE WIND-RELATED DEATHS IN WESTERN WASHINGTON OCCUR WHEN TREES TOPPLE ONTO PEOPLE IN CARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS BEING ISSUED DUE TO THE ENHANCED THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT OFTEN COMES WITH THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THE FALL SEASON. && $$
3 follow-up statements
423 WWUS76 KSEW 070312 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 812 PM PDT THU OCT 6 2016 WAZ001-503-506-510-071200- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161007T1600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 812 PM PDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...PEAK WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA SUBSIDING AROUND 9 AM PDT FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WILL BE THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE THIS SEASON. IMPACTS SUCH AS TREE DAMAGE ARE TYPICALLY GREATER FOR AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WHEN IT IS THE FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON. PREPARE FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY OF THE WIND-RELATED DEATHS IN WESTERN WASHINGTON OCCUR WHEN TREES TOPPLES ONTO PEOPLE IN CARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS BEING ISSUED DUE TO THE ENHANCED THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT OFTEN COMES WITH THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THE FALL SEASON. && $$ WAZ516-517-071200- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161007T1300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 812 PM PDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...PEAK WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH COASTAL LOCATIONS STARTING TO SEE WIND SPEEDS SUBSIDE AFTER 5 AM PDT FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WILL BE THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE THIS SEASON. IMPACTS SUCH AS TREE DAMAGE ARE TYPICALLY GREATER FOR AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WHEN IT IS THE FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON. PREPARE FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY OF THE WIND-RELATED DEATHS IN WESTERN WASHINGTON OCCUR WHEN TREES TOPPLE ONTO PEOPLE IN CARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS BEING ISSUED DUE TO THE ENHANCED THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT OFTEN COMES WITH THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THE FALL SEASON. && $$
937 WWUS76 KSEW 070954 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 254 AM PDT FRI OCT 7 2016 WAZ516-517-071100- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161007T1300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 254 AM PDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE EASED BEHIND A FRONT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TODAY. $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-071600- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161007T1600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 254 AM PDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASING BY 9 AM. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS IS THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THE SEASON. TREE DAMAGE IS TYPICALLY GREATER FOR AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WHEN IT IS THE FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON. PREPARE FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY OF THE WIND-RELATED DEATHS IN WESTERN WASHINGTON OCCUR WHEN TREES TOPPLES ONTO PEOPLE IN CARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO THE ENHANCED THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT OFTEN COMES WITH THE FIRST WIND EVENT OF THE SEASON. && $$
853 WWUS76 KSEW 071604 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 904 AM PDT FRI OCT 7 2016 WAZ001-503-506-510-071715- /O.EXP.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161007T1600Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 904 AM PDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... AT 9AM THE WINDIEST SPOT WAS SANDY POINT SHORES WHERE THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 41 MPH. THERE WERE SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE SAN JUANS THAT HAD WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. THE BLUSTERY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA WEAKENS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2:57 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 6, 2:57 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 33 hr | |
| Oct 6, 2:57 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 6, 3:03 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 26 hr |
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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.