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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Seattle, WA

February 24, 2018

NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 24, 2018, 9:00 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 24, 2018, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 32 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 24, 2018, 9:00 AM PST (17:00 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2018, 7:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 26, 2018, 2:37 AM PST
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 24, 8:59 AM PST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 8:59 AM PST, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 24, 8:33 AM PST, 27 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
Feb 23, 8:31 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW	10 hr
Feb 23, 8:31 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW	3 days
Feb 23, 8:31 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	54 hr
Feb 24, 10:05 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	4 hr
Feb 24, 2:28 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW	24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2018 Every winter storm 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.