Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2017, 11:03 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It was in force for 22 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 10, 2017, 11:03 AM PST (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2017, 9:00 AM PST
- In force
- 22 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 19:09 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 12:00Z, 7.1 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
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
513 WWUS76 KSEW 101903 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1103 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 WAZ001-503-110315- /O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170111T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0002.170110T1903Z-170111T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 1103 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE WINDS WILL AFFECT WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY MAINLY FROM AROUND BELLINGHAM NORTH INCLUDING THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF PUGET SOUND...LUMMI ISLAND...AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PROBABLY PEAK THIS EVENING AND EASE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BREAK TREE LIMBS...TOPPLE SMALL TREES...AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES ONTO ROADS, VEHICLES, AND ROOFTOPS. FALLING TREES OR LARGE BRANCHES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE FATALITIES DURING WINDSTORMS. DOWNED POWER LINES CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES LASTING A COUPLE OF HOURS OR LONGER. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
3 follow-up statements
441 WWUS76 KSEW 110315 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 715 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 WAZ001-503-110800- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170111T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 715 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * WIND...NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE WINDS WILL AFFECT WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY INCLUDING SUMAS...LYNDEN...FERNDALE...BELLINGHAM AND THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM LUMMI ISLAND UP TO BIRCH BAY...AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PROBABLY PEAK THIS EVENING AND EASE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BREAK TREE LIMBS...TOPPLE SMALL TREES...AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES ONTO ROADS... VEHICLES... AND ROOFTOPS. FALLING TREES OR LARGE BRANCHES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE FATALITIES DURING WINDSTORMS. DOWNED POWER LINES CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES LASTING A COUPLE OF HOURS OR LONGER. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
901 WWUS76 KSEW 110619 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1019 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 WAZ001-503-111300- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170111T1300Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 1019 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WIND...NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE WINDS WILL AFFECT LOCAL AREAS OF WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY INCLUDING SUMAS...LYNDEN...FERNDALE... BELLINGHAM AND THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM LUMMI ISLAND UP TO BIRCH BAY...AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT THEN BEGIN EASING LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BREAK TREE LIMBS...TOPPLE SMALL TREES...AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES ONTO ROADS...VEHICLES...AND ROOFTOPS. FALLING TREES OR LARGE BRANCHES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE FATALITIES DURING WINDSTORMS. DOWNED POWER LINES CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES LASTING A COUPLE OF HOURS OR LONGER. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
044 WWUS76 KSEW 111234 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 434 AM PST WED JAN 11 2017 WAZ001-503-111700- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170111T1700Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 434 AM PST WED JAN 11 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WIND...NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. SANDY POINT SHORES REPORTED A WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH AS RECENTLY AS 234 AM. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE WINDS WILL AFFECT LOCAL AREAS OF WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY INCLUDING SUMAS...LYNDEN...FERNDALE... BELLINGHAM AND THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM LUMMI ISLAND UP TO BIRCH BAY...AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN EASE MORE QUICKLY LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BREAK TREE LIMBS...TOPPLE SMALL TREES...AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES ONTO ROADS...VEHICLES...AND ROOFTOPS. FALLING TREES OR LARGE BRANCHES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE FATALITIES DURING WINDSTORMS. DOWNED POWER LINES CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES LASTING A COUPLE OF HOURS OR LONGER. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2:08 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Washington, 2017Every high wind warning in 2017
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.