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Gale Warning 27, NWS Seattle, WA

October 31, 2025

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Oct 31, 2025, 3:44 PM PDT. It took effect at Nov 1, 2025, 2:58 AM PDT. It was in force for 17 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
Oct 31, 2025, 3:44 PM PDT (22:44 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 1, 2025, 2:58 AM PDT
Expired
Nov 1, 2025, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
17 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 Oct 31, 10:40 AM PDT, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 10:40 AM PDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 3:27 AM PDTHigh Surf AdvisorySEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson38 hr
Oct 31, 1:34 PM PDTFlood WatchSEWKing, Mason, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom38 hr
Oct 31, 3:22 PM PDTWind AdvisorySEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 8 more27 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.