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Wind Advisory 25, NWS Seattle, WA

December 17, 202514 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Dec 17, 2025, 1:09 PM PST for 14 counties in Washington. It took effect at Dec 18, 2025, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2025, 1:09 PM PST (21:09 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 18, 2025, 6:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 18, 2025, 11:00 PM PST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

Counties Clallam County, WA, Grays Harbor County, WA, Island County, WA, Jefferson County, WA, King County, WA, Kitsap County, WA, Lewis County, WA, Mason County, WA, Pierce County, WA, San Juan County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Thurston County, WA, Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 16, 3:51 PM PST, 21 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 3:51 PM PST, 21 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 2:11 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing19 hr
Dec 17, 2:14 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish38 hr
Dec 17, 2:14 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing38 hr
Dec 17, 2:14 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish22 hr
Dec 17, 2:17 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis31 hr
Dec 17, 2:55 AM PSTGale WarningSEW12 hr
Dec 17, 2:55 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW4 days
Dec 17, 8:06 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom15 hr
Dec 17, 8:44 AM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEWSan Juan11 hr
Dec 17, 11:52 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom31 hr
Dec 17, 1:51 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston63 hr
Dec 17, 3:00 PM PSTGale WarningSEW37 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.