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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Seattle, WA

January 19, 2018San Juan County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind watch at Jan 19, 2018, 3:35 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 20, 2018, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2018, 3:35 PM PST (23:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2018, 6:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 20, 2018, 8:51 AM PST
In force
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 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Jan 19, 9:49 AM PST, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 9:49 AM PST, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 18, 8:47 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	SEW	15 hr
Jan 19, 2:32 AM PST	Gale Watch	SEW	13 hr
Jan 19, 9:25 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW	6 hr
Jan 19, 3:28 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW	23 hr
Jan 19, 3:28 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW	19 hr
Jan 19, 3:31 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW	18 hr
Jan 19, 3:31 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW	5 hr
Jan 19, 3:31 PM PST	Storm Watch	SEW	11 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Washington, 2018 Every high wind watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.