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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Seattle, WA

November 9, 2021Grays Harbor County, Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2021, 2:00 PM PST for Grays Harbor County, Mason County, Washington. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2021, 2:00 PM PST (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2021, 2:30 PM PST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grays Harbor County, WA, Mason County, WA

The radar

The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 9, 2:25 PM PSTTSTM WND DMGMatlock, WAPUBLIC CALLED TO REPORT HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE LOGHOUSE ON THEIR PROPERTY. MULTIPLE DOUGLAS FIRS WERE UPROOTED ON THEIR PROPERTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Quillayute State, WA at 12:00Z on 2021-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Quillayute State, WA at 12:00Z on 2021-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 887 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
887 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

301 
WUUS56 KSEW 092200
SVRSEW
WAC027-045-092230-
/O.NEW.KSEW.SV.W.0004.211109T2200Z-211109T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Seattle WA
200 PM PST Tue Nov 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Grays Harbor County in northwestern Washington...
  Southwestern Mason County in northwestern Washington...

* Until 230 PM PST

* At 159 PM PST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast
  of Aberdeen, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Aberdeen, Montesano, Matlock and Satsop. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4698 12379 4715 12385 4736 12325 4709 12318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 248DEG 42KT 4710 12371 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

PULLIN
1 follow-up statement
178 
WWUS56 KSEW 092217
SVSSEW

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Seattle WA
217 PM PST Tue Nov 9 2021

WAC027-045-092230-
/O.CON.KSEW.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-211109T2230Z/
Grays Harbor-Mason-
217 PM PST Tue Nov 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM PST
FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAYS HARBOR AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES...

At 217 PM PST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Matlock, or 15
miles west of Shelton, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Montesano, Matlock and Satsop. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4702 12357 4723 12362 4736 12325 4709 12318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 248DEG 42KT 4718 12342 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

PULLIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 10:15 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWMason46 hr
Nov 9, 12:15 AM PSTGale WarningSEW20 hr
Nov 9, 12:15 AM PSTStorm WarningSEW7 hr
Nov 9, 1:50 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSEWSan Juan8 hr
Nov 9, 4:04 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWClallam26 min
Nov 9, 6:29 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWIsland46 min
Nov 9, 7:17 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWSkagit, Whatcom28 min
Nov 9, 11:15 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWGrays Harbor45 min
Nov 9, 11:23 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSEW52 min
Nov 9, 11:40 AM PSTTornado WarningSEWKitsap35 min
Nov 9, 11:59 AM PSTTornado WarningSEWKitsap17 min
Nov 9, 12:01 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSEW44 min
Nov 9, 12:24 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWMason51 min
Nov 9, 12:58 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWClallam32 min
Nov 9, 1:36 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWKitsap39 min
Nov 9, 1:52 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWGrays Harbor38 min
Nov 9, 2:14 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWSnohomish46 min
Nov 9, 2:27 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSEWMason, Thurston33 min
Nov 9, 2:38 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWKitsap37 min
Nov 9, 2:41 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSEW28 min
Nov 9, 2:50 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWGrays Harbor25 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.