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Gale Warning 6, NWS Seattle, WA

January 20, 2023

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Jan 20, 2023, 8:49 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 21, 2023, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 9 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 20, 2023, 8:49 PM PST (04:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2023, 12:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 21, 2023, 8:54 PM PST
In force: 9 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 20, 2:15 PM PST, 6 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 2:15 PM PST, 6 hours 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 20, 9:16 PM PST	High Wind Watch	SEW	6 hr
Jan 21, 2:46 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	16 hr
Jan 21, 4:51 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	SEW	4 hr

Nearby

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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.