Alert archive / Washington / Small Craft Advisories in 2020

Small Craft Advisory 9, NWS Seattle, WA

January 13, 2020

NWS Seattle, WA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 13, 2020, 2:44 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2020, 2:44 PM PST (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Jan 14, 2020, 3:12 AM PST
In force: 12 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 Jan 13, 9:52 AM PST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 9:52 AM PST, 4 hours 52 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 13, 11:55 AM PST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1155 AM PST MON JAN 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 AM     SNOW             2 NE NEWHALEM           48.70N 121.21W
01/13/2020  M2.4 INCH        WHATCOM            WA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            DIAW1: DIABLO DAM OBSERVING SITE MEASURED
            2.4 INCHES OF SNOW.

&&

MP

Local storm report, Jan 13, 11:57 AM PST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1157 AM PST MON JAN 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 AM     SNOW             NEWHALEM                48.68N 121.24W
01/13/2020  M1.5 INCH        WHATCOM            WA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            NWMW1: GORGE DAM OBSERVING SITE MEASURED 1.5
            INCHES OF SNOW.

&&

MP

Local storm report, Jan 13, 12:00 PM PST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1200 PM PST MON JAN 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     SNOW             LONGMIRE                46.75N 121.81W
01/13/2020  M17.0 INCH       PIERCE             WA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RLGW1: LONGMIRE, RAINIER OBSERVING SITE
            MEASURED 17 INCHES OF SNOW.

&&

MP

Local storm report, Jan 13, 12:03 PM PST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1203 PM PST MON JAN 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     SNOW             3 ENE DIABLO            48.73N 121.07W
01/13/2020  M3.0 INCH        WHATCOM            WA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ROSW1: ROSS DAM OBSERVING SITE MEASURED 3
            INCHES OF SNOW.

&&

MP

Local storm report, Jan 13, 12:05 PM PST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1205 PM PST MON JAN 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     SNOW             1 NNW NAVY YARD CITY    47.57N 122.68W
01/13/2020  M0.2 INCH        KITSAP             WA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            BRMW1: BREMERTON OBSERVING SITE MEASURED 0.2
            INCHES OF SNOW.

&&

MP

Local storm report, Jan 13, 12:07 PM PST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1207 PM PST MON JAN 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     SNOW             6 WSW MOSSYROCK         46.50N 122.60W
01/13/2020  M1.0 INCH        LEWIS              WA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            MAWW1: MAYFIELD OBSERVING SITE MEASURED 1
            INCH OF SNOW.

&&

MP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 5:45 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		6 hr
Jan 13, 1:30 AM PST	Wind Chill Advisory	SEW	San Juan	10 hr
Jan 13, 3:40 PM PST	Wind Chill Advisory	SEW	San Juan	19 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.