Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Mar 9, 2016, 3:56 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 9, 2016, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2016, 3:56 AM PST (11:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2016, 3:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 2:27 PM PST
- In force
- 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 11:58 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, 11.9 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
005 WWUS76 KSEW 091156 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 356 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016 WAZ516-517-100030- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0003.160309T2300Z-160310T1700Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 356 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND RISING TO 30 TO 45 MPH BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND SOUTHWEST THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTS TO 65 MPH TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FALLEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN UPROOTED TREES. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL LEAD TO SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-100030- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.160309T2300Z-160310T1700Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 356 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING THEIR PEAK TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...FALLEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN UPROOTED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
482 WWUS76 KSEW 092227 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 227 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016 WAZ001-503-506-510-100630- /O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.160309T2300Z-160310T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0003.160309T2227Z-160310T1700Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 227 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND THE STRONGEST WIND IS LIKELY FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT TIL 9 AM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...FALLEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN UPROOTED TREES. 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. && $$ WAZ516-517-100630- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0003.160309T2300Z-160310T1700Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 227 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND THE STRONGEST WIND IS LIKELY FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL DEVELOP. THERE MAY BE TWO BURSTS OF WIND...THE FIRST LATER THIS EVENING AND THEN A SECOND AROUND DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...FALLEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN UPROOTED TREES. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL LEAD TO SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ507-100630- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.160309T2300Z-160310T1700Z/ EVERETT AND VICINITY- 227 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING BUT THE STRONGEST WIND IS LIKELY FROM MIDNIGHT TIL 9 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...BROKEN LIMBS AND LOCAL 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:49 PM PST | Storm Warning | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Mar 8, 8:50 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | San Juan | 39 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:45 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Mar 9, 3:12 AM PST | Coastal Flood Warning | SEW | San Juan | 29 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:12 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SEW | 16 hr | |
| Mar 9, 1:53 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Mar 9, 2:27 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 25 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.