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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Seattle, WA

November 9, 2021Mason County, Thurston County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2021, 2:27 PM PST for Mason County, Thurston County, Washington. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2021, 2:27 PM PST (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2021, 3:00 PM PST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mason County, WA, Thurston County, WA

The radar

The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

303 
WUUS56 KSEW 092227
SVRSEW
WAC045-067-092300-
/O.NEW.KSEW.SV.W.0005.211109T2227Z-211109T2300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Thurston County in west central Washington...
  Southern Mason County in northwestern Washington...

* Until 300 PM PST

* At 226 PM PST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Matlock, or 9
  miles west of Shelton, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Shelton, Matlock, Skokomish and Tahuya. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near waters in the Hood Canal area near Shelton to 
Hoodsport, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a 
vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the 
parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough 
to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not be 
caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4728 12347 4739 12291 4744 12285 4743 12288
      4737 12304 4737 12311 4738 12311 4750 12288
      4737 12280 4724 12294 4721 12293 4728 12289
      4730 12285 4718 12286 4716 12288 4719 12290
      4715 12293 4708 12343 4709 12343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 250DEG 38KT 4721 12331 

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

$$

PULLIN
2 follow-up statements
896 
WWUS56 KSEW 092247
SVSSEW

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

WAC045-067-092300-
/O.CON.KSEW.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211109T2300Z/
Thurston-Mason-
247 PM PST Tue Nov 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM PST
FOR NORTHWESTERN THURSTON AND CENTRAL MASON COUNTIES...

At 246 PM PST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shelton, moving
east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Shelton and Skokomish. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near waters in the Hood Canal area near Shelton to 
Hoodsport, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a 
vehicle. remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the 
parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough 
to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not be 
caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4739 12291 4744 12285 4738 12303 4737 12311
      4738 12311 4750 12288 4737 12280 4724 12294
      4721 12293 4728 12289 4730 12285 4718 12286
      4716 12288 4719 12290 4715 12293 4711 12322
      4732 12329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 250DEG 38KT 4728 12302 

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

$$

PULLIN
812 
WWUS56 KSEW 092253
SVSSEW

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

WAC045-067-092302-
/O.EXP.KSEW.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211109T2300Z/
Thurston-Mason-
253 PM PST Tue Nov 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN THURSTON AND
CENTRAL MASON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM PST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4739 12291 4744 12285 4738 12303 4737 12311
      4738 12311 4750 12288 4737 12280 4724 12294
      4721 12293 4728 12289 4730 12285 4718 12286
      4716 12288 4719 12290 4715 12293 4711 12322
      4732 12329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 250DEG 38KT 4730 12295 

$$

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, 2:00 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSEWGrays Harbor, Mason30 min
Nov 9, 2:14 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWSnohomish46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.