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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Seattle, WA

December 13, 2018San Juan County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind watch at Dec 13, 2018, 5:19 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 14, 2018, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2018, 5:19 AM PST (13:19 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2018, 10:00 AM PST
Expired: Dec 14, 2018, 4:11 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 13:18 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 Dec 13, 4:11 AM PST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 4:11 AM PST, 1 hour 8 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
Dec 13, 1:38 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	SEW	44 hr
Dec 13, 1:57 AM PST	Gale Watch	SEW	13 hr
Dec 13, 1:57 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	24 hr
Dec 13, 2:59 PM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW	13 hr
Dec 13, 3:07 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW	11 hr
Dec 13, 3:07 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW	31 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.