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Gale Warning 33, NWS Seattle, WA

December 9, 2025

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Dec 9, 2025, 2:25 PM PST. It was in force for 32 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: Dec 9, 2025, 2:25 PM PST (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Dec 10, 2025, 10:00 PM PST
In force: 32 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 Dec 9, 1:33 AM PST, 12 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 1:33 AM PST, 12 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 8:27 AM PST, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 9:49 AM PST, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 10:15 AM PST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 8, 4:04 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	67 hr
Dec 8, 4:04 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	5 days
Dec 8, 4:07 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	SEW	Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Thurston	7 hr
Dec 8, 4:35 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis, Pierce	72 hr
Dec 8, 4:44 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	3 days
Dec 8, 4:44 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	71 hr
Dec 8, 4:44 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	3 days
Dec 8, 5:18 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	4 days
Dec 8, 5:18 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	66 hr
Dec 8, 6:16 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	21 days
Dec 8, 6:16 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	68 hr
Dec 8, 7:23 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam	4 hr
Dec 8, 7:56 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	5 days
Dec 8, 7:56 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	5 days
Dec 8, 7:56 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	21 days
Dec 8, 8:10 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	3 days
Dec 8, 9:51 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	65 hr
Dec 8, 10:15 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Skagit	21 days
Dec 8, 11:54 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	3 days
Dec 9, 2:00 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	15 hr
Dec 9, 3:12 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor, Thurston	21 days
Dec 9, 3:16 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	11 days
Dec 9, 3:40 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	21 days
Dec 9, 6:05 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 4 more	40 hr
Dec 9, 7:32 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	5 days
Dec 9, 7:41 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		67 hr
Dec 9, 9:01 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Skagit	10 days
Dec 9, 9:23 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	22 hr
Dec 9, 12:07 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King, Pierce	12 days
Dec 9, 12:07 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce, Thurston	31 hr
Dec 9, 1:47 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom	23 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.