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Gale Warning 37, NWS Seattle, WA

December 17, 2025

NWS Seattle, WA issued this gale warning at Dec 17, 2025, 3:00 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 18, 2025, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 24 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 17, 2025, 3:00 PM PST (23:00 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2025, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Dec 19, 2025, 4:00 AM PST
In force: 24 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 16, 3:51 PM PST, 23 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 3:51 PM PST, 23 hours 9 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 17, 2:11 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	19 hr
Dec 17, 2:14 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	38 hr
Dec 17, 2:14 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	38 hr
Dec 17, 2:14 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	22 hr
Dec 17, 2:17 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	31 hr
Dec 17, 2:55 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		12 hr
Dec 17, 2:55 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
Dec 17, 8:06 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Whatcom	15 hr
Dec 17, 8:44 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	11 hr
Dec 17, 11:52 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW	King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom	31 hr
Dec 17, 1:09 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 8 more	34 hr
Dec 17, 1:51 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	63 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.