Possible record-setting windstorm warning for western WA, U.S.

[Emily]

http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=fc0eea114949f942&hl=en&gl=US&source=web

High Wind Warning in Northwest Washington

Active for next 6 hours
Locations: East Puget Sound Lowlands; Hood Canal Area; Olympics; Seattle, Bremerton Area

Powerful windstorm to affect parts of Western Washington tonight.

An unseasonably strong storm will move through the area tonight. This has the potential to be one of the strongest September Windstorms on record. Northwest Washington, from the central and north coast through the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the North interior, will be at the greatest risk from the strongest winds...

http://forecast.weather.gov/hazards/?wfo=sew&lat=47.7127&lon=-123.607&pil=SEWNPWSEW&iss=1380514860&etn=0003&maptype=text

Olympics (September 29, 2013 10:03pm PDT) Graphical | Zoom Out
Warnings & Follow-Up Statements
High Wind Warning (#0003 issued at 9:21pm)


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High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
921 PM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...POWERFUL WINDSTORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
TONIGHT...

.AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST SEPTEMBER
WINDSTORMS ON RECORD. NORTHWEST WASHINGTON...FROM THE CENTRAL AND
NORTH COAST THROUGH THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND THE NORTH
INTERIOR...WILL BE AT THE GREATEST RISK FROM THE STRONGEST WINDS.

WAZ505-508-511-513-301100-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130930T1100Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
OLYMPICS-
921 PM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT MONDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT MONDAY.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...FEDERAL WAY...SHORELINE...
BREMERTON...SILVERDALE...POULSBO...KINGSTON...SEABECK...AND
THE HOOD CANAL BRIDGE AREA.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

* WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...
AND DAMAGE PROPERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING.