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Small Craft Advisory 276, NWS Seattle, WA

November 14, 2017

NWS Seattle, WA issued this small craft advisory at Nov 14, 2017, 4:22 PM PST. It took effect at Nov 15, 2017, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2017, 4:22 PM PST (00:22 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 15, 2017, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 16, 2017, 2:43 PM PST
In force
39 hr
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 Nov 14, 4:01 PM PST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 4:01 PM PST, 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 10:57 AM PST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Seattle WA
1057 AM PST TUE NOV 14 2017

WAZ512-517-141930-
Lower Chehalis Valley Area-Central Coast-
1057 AM PST TUE NOV 14 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY UNTIL
1130 AM PST...

At 1056 AM PST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ocean Shores, or near Westport, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

LAT...LON 4737 12407 4726 12371 4698 12395 4698 12401
      4699 12402 4703 12403 4704 12408 4703 12415
      4695 12410 4694 12413 4690 12402 4686 12405
      4693 12413 4694 12415 4686 12407 4681 12410
      4693 12418 4714 12419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 205DEG 42KT 4692 12417

Haner
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 12:27 PM PST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Seattle WA
1227 PM PST TUE NOV 14 2017

WAZ517-142100-
Central Coast-
1227 PM PST TUE NOV 14 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY
UNTIL 100 PM PST...

At 1227 PM PST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southeast of Westport, moving north at 50 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Aberdeen and Hoquiam around 1245 PM PST.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Markham and Junction
City.

LAT...LON 4680 12405 4684 12406 4690 12403 4696 12383
      4696 12388 4697 12387 4697 12395 4698 12393
      4699 12401 4706 12401 4704 12383 4698 12377
      4679 12392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 201DEG 42KT 4682 12398
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 12:31 PM PST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Seattle WA
1231 PM PST TUE NOV 14 2017

WAZ517-142100-
Central Coast-
1231 PM PST TUE NOV 14 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY
UNTIL 100 PM PST...

At 1230 PM PST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ocean Shores, or 8 miles west of Westport, moving northeast at 55
mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Ocean Shores around 1235 PM PST.
  Oyehut-Hogans Corner around 1240 PM PST.
  Ocean City Beach and Copalis Beach around 1245 PM PST.
  Moclips around 1255 PM PST.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Carlisle, Pacific
Beach and Humptulips.

LAT...LON 4744 12412 4727 12388 4704 12406 4704 12413
      4703 12415 4696 12413 4693 12414 4693 12417
      4710 12417 4725 12422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 204DEG 46KT 4693 12427

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 1:45 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWClallam19 hr
Nov 15, 2:35 AM PSTGale WarningSEW6 hr
Nov 15, 2:35 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW36 hr
Nov 15, 8:44 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySEWClallam2 hr
Nov 15, 12:47 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWClallam28 min
Nov 15, 3:11 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW45 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.