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Gale Warning 51, NWS Seattle, WA

September 23, 2020

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Sep 23, 2020, 6:04 PM PDT. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 23, 2020, 6:04 PM PDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2020, 7:59 PM PDT
In force: 115 min
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 Sep 23, 3:47 PM PDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 3:47 PM PDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 23, 5:40 PM PDT, 24 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
Sep 23, 5:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Jefferson	65 min
Sep 23, 6:04 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		116 min
Sep 24, 2:41 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Sep 24, 2:41 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		56 hr
Sep 24, 12:32 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SEW	Pierce	74 min
Sep 24, 3:08 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		20 hr
Sep 24, 3:16 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	19 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Washington, 2020 Every gale warning in 2020

Sources

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