National Weather Service warnings affecting all or portions of the North Olympic Peninsula today into Thursday:
STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT…
ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL IMPACT WESTERN
WASHINGTON TODAY INTO TONIGHT. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL QUICKLY
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A 970 TO 975 MB SURFACE LOW SWINGS
NORTHEAST INTO THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING LATER TODAY AND PEAKING THIS EVENING.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION
LATER THURSDAY.
WAZ516-517-190000-
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NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
325 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009
HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM
PST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL
COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PEAK
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO
70 MPH. WINDS WILL EASE AFTER THE FRONT MOVES INLAND AROUND
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…AND
DESTROY PROPERTY.
High Surf Advisory
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
455 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009
.WEST SWELLS OVER THE WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS WILL BUILD TO 20
TO 23 FEET TONIGHT.
WAZ516-517-190030-
/O.NEW.KSEW.SU.Y.0003.091119T0300Z-091119T1500Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
455 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009
…HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
PST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST
THURSDAY.
WEST SWELLS BUILDING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL REACH 20 TO 23
FEET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT…PRODUCING POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE CENTRAL AND NORTH
WASHINGTON COAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
LARGE WAVES REACHING THE COASTAL BEACHES CAN BE POWERFUL ENOUGH
TO SWEEP UNWARY BEACH WALKERS OUT TO SEA. PEOPLE CAN BE SERIOUSLY
INJURED BY LOGS AND OTHER DEBRIS TOSSED ABOUT IN THE WAVES.
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
434 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009
.ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA AND
WILLAPA HILLS BEGINNING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING COULD DRIVE SOME WESTERN WASHINGTON RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
WAC009-031-190030-
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CLALLAM-JEFFERSON-
434 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON…INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…CLALLAM…JEFFERSON.
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
* ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
COULD DRIVE RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. RIVERS FACING A THREAT OF
FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE SATSOP…BOGACHIEL
…ELWAH…AND DUNGENESS RIVERS. THESE RIVERS COULD FLOOD
THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OVER THE
OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS COULD EXCEED 7 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS BY
THURSDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING BUT
FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE READY TO ACT
QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
