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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Seattle, WA

April 13, 20266 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this winter storm warning at Apr 13, 2026, 10:56 AM PDT for 6 counties in Washington. It took effect at Apr 14, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 13, 2026, 10:56 AM PDT (17:56 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2026, 11:00 PM PDT
In force: 36 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 17:58 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 Apr 13, 8:55 AM PDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 8:55 AM PDT, 2 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
Apr 13, 2:44 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		3 days

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.