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Special Weather Statement, NWS Seattle, WA

March 5, 2021Kitsap County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this special weather statement at Mar 5, 2021, 3:21 PM PST for Kitsap County, Washington. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 5, 2021, 3:21 PM PST (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2021, 4:00 PM PST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

County Kitsap County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2021-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 753 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
753 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
930 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

762 
WWUS86 KSEW 052321
SPSSEW

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Seattle WA
321 PM PST Fri Mar 5 2021
 
WAZ507-510-556-558-559-060000-
Admiralty Inlet Area-Bremerton and Vicinity-Everett and
Vicinity-Seattle and Vicinity-Bellevue and Vicinity-
321 PM PST Fri Mar 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL KITSAP...
SOUTHWESTERN SNOHOMISH...NORTHWESTERN KING AND SOUTHEASTERN ISLAND
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM PST...

At 320 PM PST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong line of 
convection extending from 6 miles northwest of Mukilteo to near 
Bremerton. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
these storms. 

Locations impacted include...
Seattle, Everett, Marysville, Edmonds, Redmond, Kirkland, Lynnwood,
Bothell, Mukilteo, Mountlake Terrace, Mill Creek, Woodinville,
Shoreline, Bainbridge Island, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Indianola,
Brier, Richmond Highlands and Kingston.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may 
lead to localized flooding. Drivers should also be prepared for very 
heavy rainfall. 

&&

LAT...LON 4769 12215 4760 12262 4772 12255 4766 12244
      4771 12238 4778 12240 4775 12254 4782 12250
      4779 12240 4785 12234 4794 12231 4793 12244
      4801 12240 4795 12229 4796 12225 4798 12222
      4802 12233 4800 12222 4803 12225 4805 12211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 226DEG 20KT 4800 12238 4763 12258 

$$

Kovacik

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 8:23 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW47 hr
Mar 5, 8:56 AM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan5 hr
Mar 5, 2:54 PM PSTGale WatchSEW24 hr
Mar 5, 3:04 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWIsland26 min
Mar 5, 3:33 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSEWSkagit42 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.