Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Jan 17, 2017, 6:25 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It was in force for 17 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 17, 2017, 6:25 PM PST (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2017, 11:37 AM PST
- In force
- 17 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 02:27 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, 2.4 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
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 913 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1093 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
836 WWUS76 KSEW 180225 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 625 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 WAZ001-503-506-510-181030- /O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170118T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0003.170118T0225Z-170118T2300Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 625 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR UNTIL 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM AND OAK HARBOR. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK BY 10 PM PST TONIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ANOTHER BRIEF BURST OF HIGH WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES ONTO ROADS...VEHICLES... AND ROOFTOPS. DOWNED POWER LINES CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ WAZ516-517-181030- /O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170118T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0003.170118T0225Z-170118T1800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 625 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...HOQUIAM...AND FORKS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK BY 10 PM PST TONIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE ANOTHER BRIEF BURST OF HIGH WINDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES ONTO ROADS...VEHICLES... AND ROOFTOPS. DOWNED POWER LINES CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
2 follow-up statements
697 WWUS76 KSEW 181034 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 234 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 WAZ516-517-181800- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 234 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WIND...25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...HOQUIAM...AND FORKS. * TIMING...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BRIEF BURST OF HIGH WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES ONTO ROADS...VEHICLES... AND ROOFTOPS. DOWNED POWER LINES CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-182300- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170118T2300Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 234 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WIND...25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM AND OAK HARBOR. * TIMING...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AGAIN BRIEFLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES ONTO ROADS...VEHICLES... AND ROOFTOPS. DOWNED POWER LINES CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
104 WWUS76 KSEW 181937 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1137 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 WAZ001-503-506-510-182045- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170118T2300Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 1137 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ENDED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ENDED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT GAVE HIGH WINDS TO THE NORTH INTERIOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND THIS MORNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. $$ ALBRECHT 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 17, 4:15 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | King, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston | 18 hr |
| Jan 17, 9:37 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 69 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:31 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 days |
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.