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Gale Warning 3, NWS Seattle, WA

January 6, 2022

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Jan 6, 2022, 8:53 AM PST. It took effect at Jan 6, 2022, 3:04 PM PST. It was in force for 28 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 6, 2022, 8:53 AM PST (16:53 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 6, 2022, 3:04 PM PST
Expired
Jan 7, 2022, 7:00 PM PST
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 6, 3:49 AM PST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 3:49 AM PST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 6, 8:51 AM PST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
851 AM PST THU JAN 6 2022

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

0850 AM     SNOW             SUDDEN VALLEY           48.72N 122.35W
01/06/2022  M5.8 INCH        WHATCOM            WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL OVER THE PAST 10 HOURS.

&&

27

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 3:34 AM PSTGale WatchSEW12 hr
Jan 6, 3:34 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW47 hr
Jan 6, 3:34 AM PSTStorm WatchSEW12 hr
Jan 6, 6:15 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis52 hr
Jan 6, 10:01 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor, Thurston4 days
Jan 6, 10:01 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis32 hr
Jan 6, 10:01 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis3 days
Jan 6, 10:01 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor5 days
Jan 6, 10:14 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston61 hr
Jan 6, 10:14 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis50 hr
Jan 6, 11:33 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce17 hr
Jan 6, 11:33 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing37 hr
Jan 6, 11:41 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWMason62 hr
Jan 6, 1:02 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston30 hr
Jan 6, 1:42 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce23 hr
Jan 6, 1:50 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan27 hr
Jan 6, 1:56 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEWSan Juan25 hr
Jan 6, 3:25 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, Kitsap, Lewis and 2 more21 hr
Jan 6, 3:25 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySEWKing, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish23 hr

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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.