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Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Seattle, WA

December 5, 2025King County, Snohomish County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 5, 2025, 12:16 PM PST for King County, Snohomish County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 5, 2025, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 16 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 5, 2025, 12:16 PM PST (20:16 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 5, 2025, 7:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 6, 2025, 10:34 AM PST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

Counties King County, WA, Snohomish County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 1:12 AM PSTWind AdvisorySEWIsland, King, Mason, Pierce, Thurston30 hr
Dec 5, 12:16 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEWLewis, Pierce22 hr
Dec 5, 1:25 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEWSan Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom46 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2025Every winter storm warning in 2025

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.