1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 9, 1:33 AM PST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 233 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A GRADUAL IMPROVING TREND WITH TIME. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. && .SHORT TERM... SHOWERS WERE BREAKING OUT AHEAD OF A SWD MOVING VORT MAX ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER TROF PRESENTLY OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. ALSO NOTED WERE LIGHTNING STRIKES OCCURRING ACROSS THE BORDER. EXPECT SHOWERS TO CONTINUE INCREASING OVER THE CWA THIS MORNING AS THE UPPER TROF DIVES SEWD ACROSS THE STATE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL DESTABILIZE OVER ROUGHLY THE OLYMPICS EWD IN RESPONSE TO STRONG COOLING ALOFT. THUS HAVE REMOVED THE AFTERNOON TSTM WORDING...AND JUST WENT WITH A CHANCE OF TSTMS ALL DAY TODAY. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DECENT AMOUNTS OF SMALL HAIL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE MAY BE A LULL OR BREAK IN THE ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE VORT MAX CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY INVOLVED...HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO INDICATE THIS POTENTIAL. MEANWHILE...AS THE UPPER TROF SLOWLY MOVES INTO THE NRN GREAT BASIN THIS WEEKEND...ANTICIPATE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS TO DECREASE EACH DAY. ON SUN THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS...ALBEIT LOW...WILL BECOME CONFINED TO THE CASCADES. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE ENTIRE AREA MON AS AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ERN PAC NOSES INTO THE PAC NW. .LONG TERM... MODELS CONTINUED THE PREVIOUS TRENDS TOWARD A DRIER SCENARIO FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...THUS HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT. HAVE ALSO BUMPED UP TEMPS TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL NORM. HOWEVER HAVE KEPT THE MENTION OF PRECIP DURING THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER TROF MAY MOVE ACROSS THE PAC NW DURING THAT TIME FRAME. && .AVIATION...BORDERLINE MVFR CEILINGS APPEARING ACROSS INLAND TERMINALS OVERNIGHT. AS OF 2 AM...VERY THIN CONVERGENCE ZONE SHOWING UP NICELY ON RADAR JUST NORTH OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY LINE. PRESENT THINKING LEAVES HIGH END MVFR CEILINGS AT MOST TERMINALS TODAY...ESPECIALLY AS SHOWER ACTIVITY IS SLATED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE DAY. COULD BE INTERESTING WITH COLD POOL ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH MOVING IN DURING DAYTIME HEATING...A THUNDERSTORM WILL BE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE AWAY FROM COAST PARTICULARLY AFTER 18Z. FOR NOW...WILL PROBABLY LEAVE MENTION OF THUNDERSHOWERS IN TWEB ROUTE FORECASTS. FOR KSEA...PERIODS OF MVFR WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AROUND. EXPECTING BULK OF ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVERGENCE ZONE TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE AIRPORT FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. S TO SW WIND 8 TO 12 KT. 27 && .SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY COASTAL WATERS. && .KATX...VCP21/CSR21A OPERATIONAL. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
The Seattle radar (KATX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:27 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike blew a small hole in a house and damaged some electrical outlets.
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