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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Seattle, WA

February 6, 2020

NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind watch at Feb 6, 2020, 1:09 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 7, 2020, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2020, 1:09 PM PST (21:09 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 7, 2020, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 7, 2020, 2:35 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

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 Feb 6, 9:24 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 9:24 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 9:50 AM PST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 6, 9:58 AM PST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 6, 10:02 AM PST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 6, 10:44 AM PST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 6, 12:22 PM PST, 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 6, 12:32 PM PST, 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 5:17 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing21 days
Feb 5, 5:17 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing21 days
Feb 5, 5:17 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing6 days
Feb 5, 6:59 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing35 hr
Feb 5, 10:20 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce44 hr
Feb 6, 1:38 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce44 hr
Feb 6, 2:45 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW11 hr
Feb 6, 4:06 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish61 hr
Feb 6, 4:06 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish4 days
Feb 6, 4:06 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish22 hr
Feb 6, 4:06 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce40 hr
Feb 6, 4:06 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis, Pierce46 hr
Feb 6, 4:06 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce, Thurston57 hr
Feb 6, 4:06 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis67 hr
Feb 6, 7:40 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySEWKing, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish4 hr
Feb 6, 7:45 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySEWIsland6 hr
Feb 6, 10:05 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW21 hr
Feb 6, 11:52 AM PSTAreal Flood WarningSEWKing, Pierce, Snohomish6 hr
Feb 6, 1:20 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSEW11 hr
Feb 6, 1:22 PM PSTGale WatchSEW13 hr
Feb 6, 3:38 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis36 hr

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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.