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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Seattle, WA

January 17, 2020

NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 17, 2020, 1:34 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 17, 2020, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 21 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 17, 2020, 1:34 PM PST (21:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 17, 2020, 6:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 18, 2020, 3:03 PM PST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 17, 8:47 AM PST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 8:47 AM PST, 4 hours 47 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 17, 2:52 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		36 hr
Jan 17, 2:52 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
Jan 17, 3:20 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	31 hr
Jan 17, 1:34 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		17 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2020 Every winter storm 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.