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Small Craft Advisory 262, NWS Seattle, WA

December 20, 2020

NWS Seattle, WA issued this small craft advisory at Dec 20, 2020, 2:24 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 21, 2020, 2:18 AM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2020, 2:24 PM PST (22:24 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2020, 2:18 AM PST
Expired: Dec 21, 2020, 6:00 PM PST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Dec 20, 8:38 AM PST, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 8:38 AM PST, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 1:09 PM PST, 1 hour 15 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	Gale Warning	SEW	6 hr
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, 3:18 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW	12 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Washington, 2020 Every small craft advisory 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.