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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Seattle, WA

January 5, 20266 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 5, 2026, 1:00 AM PST for 6 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 6, 2026, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 60 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: Jan 5, 2026, 1:00 AM PST (09:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 6, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 8, 2026, 4:00 PM PST
In force: 60 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

Counties King County, WA, Lewis County, WA, Pierce County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 4, 8:59 PM PST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 8:59 PM PST, 4 hours 1 minute 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
Jan 5, 2:09 AM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Jan 5, 4:11 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW	Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason	39 hr
Jan 5, 10:01 AM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Mason	42 hr
Jan 5, 1:06 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, Whatcom	27 hr
Jan 5, 2:28 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		24 hr
Jan 5, 2:28 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 days
Jan 5, 2:42 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	Island, King, Kitsap, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit and 2 more	20 hr
Jan 5, 2:42 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	Grays Harbor	25 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2026 Every winter storm warning in 2026

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.