Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Dec 15, 2016, 3:03 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 15, 2016, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2016, 3:03 AM PST (11:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2016, 12:00 PM PST
- In force
- 14 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 11:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
759 WWUS76 KSEW 151103 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 303 AM PST THU DEC 15 2016 WAZ001-503-152300- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0021.161216T1000Z-161216T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 303 AM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY AND THE WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY LOWLANDS FROM 2 AM TO NOON PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM UNTIL NOON PST FRIDAY. * WIND...INCREASING FROM THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...LYNDEN...FERNDALE...BIRCH BAY... BELLINGHAM...AND EASTSOUND. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE MORNING FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE BRIEF LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV
4 follow-up statements
417 WWUS76 KSEW 152247 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 247 PM PST THU DEC 15 2016 WAZ001-503-160700- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0021.161216T0600Z-161216T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 247 PM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST FRIDAY... * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...LYNDEN...FERNDALE...BIRCH BAY... BELLINGHAM...AND EASTSOUND. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK MORNING FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE BRIEF LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. && $$
609 WWUS76 KSEW 160604 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1004 PM PST THU DEC 15 2016 WAZ001-503-161400- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161216T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 1004 PM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST FRIDAY... * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...LYNDEN...FERNDALE...BIRCH BAY... BELLINGHAM...AND EASTSOUND. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK MORNING FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE BRIEF LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. && $$
490 WWUS76 KSEW 161150 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 350 AM PST FRI DEC 16 2016 WAZ001-503-162000- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161216T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 350 AM PST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN JUANS AND THE WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY LOWLANDS UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * WIND...NORTHERLY 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS LOCALLY TO 55 MPH OVER THOSE AREAS PRONE TO STRONG NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS. SANDY POINT HAD A GUST TO 56 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...FERNDALE...AND LOPEZ ISLAND. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK BY LATE THIS MORNING, AND THEN DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS. ALSO, WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV
471 WWUS76 KSEW 161152 CCA NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 352 AM PST FRI DEC 16 2016 CORRECTED TO REMOVE THE COMMAS. WAZ001-503-162000- /O.COR.KSEW.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161216T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 352 AM PST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN JUANS AND THE WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY LOWLANDS UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * WIND...NORTHERLY 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS LOCALLY TO 55 MPH OVER THOSE AREAS PRONE TO STRONG NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS. SANDY POINT HAD A GUST TO 56 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...FERNDALE...AND LOPEZ ISLAND. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK BY LATE THIS MORNING...AND THEN DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS. ALSO...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 8:18 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:21 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 34 hr | |
| Dec 15, 8:49 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 30 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.