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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Seattle, WA

December 24, 2024San Juan County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind watch at Dec 24, 2024, 3:33 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 25, 2024, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2024, 3:33 AM PST (11:33 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2024, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 25, 2024, 1:29 PM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

County San Juan County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 23, 7:56 PM PST, 7 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 7:56 PM PST, 7 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 2:04 AM PSTHigh Surf AdvisorySEW3 days
Dec 24, 2:56 AM PSTGale WarningSEW58 hr
Dec 24, 2:56 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW25 hr
Dec 24, 2:10 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan32 hr
Dec 24, 2:38 PM PSTFlood WatchSEWClallam37 hr
Dec 24, 2:45 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW24 hr
Dec 24, 3:52 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningSEW48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.