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Gale Warning 15, NWS Seattle, WA

January 23, 2020

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Jan 23, 2020, 6:40 PM PST. It was in force for 5 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: Jan 23, 2020, 6:40 PM PST (02:40 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2020, 12:00 AM PST
In force: 5 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 Jan 23, 3:42 PM PST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 3:42 PM PST, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 23, 4:07 PM PST, 2 hours 33 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 23, 6:40 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	54 hr
Jan 23, 7:18 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	32 hr
Jan 24, 12:21 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	15 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Washington, 2020 Every gale warning in 2020

Sources

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