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Gale Warning 15, NWS Seattle, WA

February 2, 2018

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Feb 2, 2018, 8:56 AM PST. It was in force for 12 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: Feb 2, 2018, 8:56 AM PST (16:56 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2018, 8:54 PM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

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 Feb 2, 3:30 AM PST, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 3:30 AM PST, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 2, 6:09 AM PST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 2:56 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		22 hr
Feb 2, 1:49 PM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston and 1 more	62 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Washington, 2018 Every gale warning in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.