Alert archive / Washington / Gale Warnings in 2017
Gale Warning 89, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Nov 19, 2017, 8:05 PM PST. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2017, 8:05 PM PST (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2017, 9:00 PM PST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
The text
As transmitted.
771 WHUS76 KSEW 200405 MWWSEW URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 PZZ135-200515- /O.CAN.KSEW.GL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-171120T0500Z/ PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL- 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. $$ PZZ173-201215- /O.EXP.KSEW.GL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-171120T0400Z/ /O.UPG.KSEW.SW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-171120T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.GL.W.0089.171120T0405Z-171120T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.SW.Y.0035.171120T0500Z-171120T2300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE 10 TO 60 NM- 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY. * WIND...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KNOTS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS. * SEAS...SOUTHWEST SWELL 16 TO 19 FEET AT 11 SECONDS THIS EVENING...SUBSIDING TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT... THEN 11 FEET AT 10 SECONDS ON MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ150-170-201215- /O.EXP.KSEW.GL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-171120T0400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.SW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-171120T2300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND 10 TO 60 NM- 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * SEAS...SOUTHWEST SWELL 16 TO 19 FEET AT 11 SECONDS THIS EVENING...SUBSIDING TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT... THEN 11 FEET AT 10 SECONDS ON MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ153-201215- /O.EXT.KSEW.GL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-171120T0500Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.SW.Y.0034.171120T0800Z-171120T2300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE OUT 10 NM- 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST MONDAY... * WIND...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS LATE THIS EVENING. * WAVES/SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 16 TO 19 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST SWELL 14 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OVERNIGHT...SUBSIDING TO 12 FEET AT 10 SECONDS ON MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ132>134-200800- /O.EXT.KSEW.GL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-171120T0800Z/ EAST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTHERN INLAND WATERS INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS- ADMIRALTY INLET- 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * WIND...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KNOTS EASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND WAVES...4 TO 6 FEET SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ156-176-201215- /O.CON.KSEW.GL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-171120T0800Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.SW.Y.0034.171120T0800Z-171120T2300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER 10 TO 60 NM- 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM PST MONDAY... * WIND...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 KNOTS LATE THIS EVENING. * WAVES/SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 16 TO 19 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST SWELL 14 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS OVERNIGHT...SUBSIDING TO 12 FEET AT 10 SECONDS ON MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ110-201215- /O.CON.KSEW.RB.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-171120T2300Z/ GRAYS HARBOR BAR- 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY... * COMBINED SEAS...14 TO 16 FEET TONIGHT...SUBSIDING TO 9 TO 11 FEET ON MONDAY. * BAR CONDITION...SEVERE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BECOMING ROUGH ON MONDAY MORNING. * FIRST EBB...530 AM MONDAY. * SECOND EBB...530 PM MONDAY. THE EBB WILL BE STRONG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ PZZ131-201215- /O.CON.KSEW.SC.Y.0281.000000T0000Z-171120T1700Z/ CENTRAL U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST MONDAY... * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 KNOTS SHIFTING TO WEST. * WIND WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ130-201215- /O.CON.KSEW.SW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-171120T1700Z/ WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 805 PM PST SUN NOV 19 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST MONDAY... * SEAS...SOUTHWEST SWELL 14 FEET AT 11 SECONDS THIS EVENING... SUBSIDING TO 11 FEET AT 11 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 warning went out at Nov 19, 3:17 PM PST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 3:17 PM PST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Seattle WA
317 PM PST Sun Nov 19 2017
.SYNOPSIS...A vigorous front will move slowly through Western
Washington this evening. Weak high pressure will be over the area
Monday. A strong warm front will arrive Tuesday. The middle of the
week will be mild, rainy, and perhaps windy at times.
&&
.SHORT TERM...The front will shift southeast through Western
Washington this and evening, stalling over southwest Washington and
Western Oregon tonight. Wind advisories and high wind warnings are
in effect for the typically windy areas for awhile yet, but probably
peaked midday most areas. Monday looks like a pretty quiet day
between weather systems. On Tuesday the strong warm front we have
been talking about arrives, with sky high snow levels through the
middle of the week.
.LONG TERM...After a pretty decent round of rain Tuesday and Tuesday
night--with some heavy rain in the mountains, the heavy precip will
be north of the area on Wednesday. There will still be rain at times
over Western Washington--but this lull on Wed will help a great deal
with the rivers. Then on Thursday the rainfall picks up again--but
precip amounts in the models are actually pretty modest. Still, the
RFC forecasts show pretty high rivers midweek, so a hydrologic
outlook was issued, but it merely highlights the uncertainty in the
forecast at this time.
&&
.AVIATION...A cold front will gradually move S-SE across Western
Washington this evening, preceded by strong wind and wet
conditions. Wind and rain will ease after frontal passage. Strong
W-SW flow above 100 through Monday morning, becoming strong W-NW
on Monday afternoon. A brief period of surface high pressure on
Monday will lead to light wind and more breaks in the lower clouds
on Monday afternoon.
KSEA...Worst conditions will come between now and about 05z
in the hours preceding a cold frontal passage (fropa). Strong
southerly wind at the surface will prevail, and much stronger SW
wind aloft. At 2,000 feet, S-SW wind will peak near 50 knots
around time of fropa, and 4,000-foot wind will peak from the SW
at 65-70 knots. A few hours of reduced vsby in rain is possible
before fropa. Cigs should lower as rain picks up. On Monday, the
low-level air mass will be moist with light surface wind. These
conditions will favor hanging onto cigs below 020 in the morning,
with only slow lifting and scattering in the afternoon. Haner
&&
.MARINE...A cold front will move southeast through the
Washington waters this evening. The front is being preceded by
southerly gales. Winds will ease quickly following the frontal
passage. A high pressure center will pass across the waters on
Monday. A strong warm front will push northward through the waters
on Tuesday, preceded by strong easterly flow with gales possible
near the West Entrance. The warm front will be followed by
southerly flow on Wednesday. Strong low pressure over the
northeast Pacific will maintain southerly flow on Thu and Fri.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...The Skokomish river in Mason county will probably get
up near flood stage tonight and Monday and there is a Flood Watch
in effect. The precip next week will be heaviest Tuesday and
Tuesday night, then there is a lull on Wednesday, and then it
picks up a bit Thursday but is not heavy. We will have to watch
the rivers with the very high snow level around mid-week, but the
Skokomish River in Mason county is the only one that is an obvious
threat --- if not tonight and Monday, then certainly on Tuesday.
A Hydrologic Outlook was issued today for all counties except
Mason, Island, and San Juan -- highlighting the uncertainty of the
forecasts next week but the unusually high freezing level and
periods of rain in the mountains.
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...Winter Weather Advisory until 4 AM PST Monday for Cascades of
Pierce and Lewis Counties.
Winter Weather Advisory until 10 PM PST this evening for
Cascades of Snohomish and King Counties-Cascades of Whatcom
and Skagit Counties.
Flood Watch through Monday morning for Hood Canal Area-Lower
Chehalis Valley Area-Olympics.
High Wind Warning until 6 PM PST this evening for Admiralty
Inlet Area-San Juan County-Western Whatcom County.
Wind Advisory until 6 PM PST this evening for North Coast-
Western Skagit County.
Wind Advisory until 9 PM PST this evening for Central Coast.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory for rough bar until 3 PM PST Monday for
Grays Harbor Bar.
Gale Warning until midnight PST tonight for Coastal Waters From
James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters
From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal
Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater Out 10 Nm.
Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas from midnight tonight to
3 PM PST Monday for Coastal Waters From James Island To
Point Grenville Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point
Grenville To Cape Shoalwater 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters
From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater Out 10 Nm.
Gale Warning until 8 PM PST this evening for Coastal Waters From
Cape Flattery To James Island 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters
From Cape Flattery To James Island Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters
From James Island To Point Grenville 10 To 60 Nm.
Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas from 8 PM this evening
to 3 PM PST Monday for Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To
James Island 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery
To James Island Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From James Island
To Point Grenville 10 To 60 Nm.
Gale Warning until 9 PM PST this evening for Admiralty Inlet-
East Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-Northern
Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands-Puget Sound
and Hood Canal.
Gale Warning until 6 PM PST this evening for West Entrance U.S.
Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas from 6 PM this evening
to 9 AM PST Monday for West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of
Juan De Fuca.
Small Craft Advisory until 9 AM PST Monday for Central U.S.
Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
&&
www.weather.gov/seattle
You can see an illustrated version of this discussion at
www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/gafd/latest_webafd.htmlThe office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 7:45 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 14 hr | |
| Nov 19, 8:05 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 19 hr | |
| Nov 19, 11:53 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 19 hr | |
| Nov 20, 2:54 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Nov 20, 5:21 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 27 hr |
| Nov 20, 8:45 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 34 hr | |
| Nov 20, 1:03 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 98 min | |
| Nov 20, 1:03 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Nov 20, 2:22 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 4 days |
| Nov 20, 2:41 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 hr |
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Sources
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