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Small Craft Advisory 18, NWS Seattle, WA

February 1, 2017

NWS Seattle, WA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 1, 2017, 9:38 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 1, 2017, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 1, 2017, 9:38 AM PST (17:38 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2017, 12:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 5, 2017, 3:00 PM PST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Feb 1, 4:47 AM PST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 4:47 AM PST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 1, 6:15 AM PST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Seattle WA
615 AM PST Wed Feb 1 2017

WAZ001-503-504-506-507-509>512-514>517-555-556-558-559-021415-
San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Southwest Interior-
Western Skagit County-Everett and Vicinity-Tacoma Area-
Admiralty Inlet Area-Hood Canal Area-Lower Chehalis Valley Area-
Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca-Western Strait of Juan De Fuca-
North Coast-Central Coast-East Puget Sound Lowlands-
Bellevue and Vicinity-Seattle and Vicinity-Bremerton and Vicinity-
615 AM PST Wed Feb 1 2017

...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE ON THE WESTERN WASHINGTON LOWLANDS
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

There is a potential for freezing rain on the western Washington
lowlands late Thursday night through Friday morning. Ice
accumulations are expected to be light or generally less than a
tenth of an inch. At this time, the areas that have the highest
probability of seeing freezing rain are Thurston County, southern
Mason County, eastern Grays Harbor County, and western Lewis
County. The main impact will be icy or slippery roads.

In addition to the possibility of freezing rain, the foothills
west of the Hood Canal and in the Cascade foothills, above 500
feet, could receive a couple of inches of snow during the late
Thursday night through Friday morning time frame.

Stay tuned to the National Weather Service or your local news
source for the latest updates on this situation.

www.weather.gov/seattle

The office that day

Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 1, 2:41 AM PSTGale WarningSEW42 hr
Feb 1, 5:26 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW4 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Washington, 2017Every small craft advisory 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.