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High Surf Warning 1, NWS Seattle, WA

January 10, 2020

NWS Seattle, WA issued this high surf warning at Jan 10, 2020, 4:02 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 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 10, 2020, 4:02 PM PST (00:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2020, 1:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 11, 2020, 4:00 PM PST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf warning went out at Jan 10, 3:10 PM PST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 3:10 PM PST, 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 10, 10:32 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 10, 3:53 PM PST, 9 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
Jan 10, 4:02 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		18 hr
Jan 11, 2:04 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		47 hr
Jan 11, 2:46 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW	San Juan	23 hr
Jan 11, 2:47 PM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW	San Juan	36 hr
Jan 11, 2:47 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		36 hr

Nearby

High Surf Warnings in Washington, 2020 Every high surf 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.