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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Seattle, WA

January 16, 2020San Juan County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind watch at Jan 16, 2020, 3:10 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 17, 2020, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2020, 3:10 PM PST (23:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 17, 2020, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 17, 2020, 3:20 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

County San Juan County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 wind watch went out at Jan 16, 9:14 AM PST, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 9:14 AM PST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 16, 9:42 AM PST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 4:05 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEWSan Juan22 hr
Jan 15, 4:12 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningSEW108 min
Jan 15, 9:01 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW24 hr
Jan 15, 10:57 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan4 hr
Jan 15, 11:03 PM PSTStorm WarningSEW3 hr
Jan 16, 2:43 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW18 hr
Jan 16, 2:41 PM PSTGale WatchSEW12 hr
Jan 16, 2:41 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW24 hr
Jan 16, 3:21 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSEW22 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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