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Gale Warning 75, NWS Seattle, WA

December 20, 2020

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Dec 20, 2020, 12:24 AM PST. It was in force for 6 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: Dec 20, 2020, 12:24 AM PST (08:24 UTC)
Expired: Dec 20, 2020, 6:00 AM PST
In force: 6 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 Dec 19, 7:51 PM PST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 7:51 PM PST, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 19, 8:36 PM PST, 3 hours 48 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 20, 12:24 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	10 hr
Dec 20, 2:24 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW	12 hr
Dec 20, 2:24 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	28 hr
Dec 20, 3:18 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW	12 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.