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Small Craft Advisory 241, NWS Anchorage, AK

March 14, 2006

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Mar 14, 2006, 11:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2006, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2006, 11:00 PM AKST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Mar 14, 12:00 AM AKST, 11 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 12:00 AM AKST, 11 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM AST TUE MAR 14 2006

.DISCUSSION...
PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA CONTINUES TO
WEAKEN THIS MORNING...HOWEVER CHANNELED WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY BUT GENERALLY BELOW WARNING OR ADVISORY
CRITERIA. TEMPERATURES REMAINING COOL OVER SOUTHCENTRAL THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

NEXT SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS ON THURSDAY AND TRACKS
NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY AND THEN EAST ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  GFS
LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON IT.  LOOKS LIKE SYSTEM BECOMES
OCCLUDED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS IT MOVES EAST OF SHEMYA.  SPIN UP
OF SECONDARY LOW SOUTHWEST OF KODIAK ON FRIDAY SEEMS REASONABLE AS
FORCED BY UPPER LEVEL VORTICITY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...SEE MORNING PACKAGE
MARINE...SEE MORNING PACKAGE
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

*** MAR 06

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:06 AM AKST, 5 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1006 AM AST TUE MAR 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
03/14/2006  M73 MPH                             AK   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            WIND GUST AT VALDEZ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

&&

SEB

Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:09 AM AKST, 5 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1009 AM AST TUE MAR 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
03/14/2006  M77 MPH                             AK   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            WINDGUST AT VALDEZ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

&&

SEB

Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:59 AM AKST, 5 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1059 AM AST TUE MAR 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1054 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
03/14/2006  M82 MPH                             AK   AWOS

            WIND GUST RECORDED AT VALDEZ AIRPORT.

&&

SEB

Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:59 AM AKST, 5 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1059 AM AST TUE MAR 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1036 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
03/14/2006  M82 MPH                             AK   AWOS

            WIND GUST RECORDED AT VALDEZ AIRPORT.

&&

SEB

Local storm report, Mar 14, 6:23 AM AKST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1123 AM AST TUE MAR 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
03/14/2006  M100 MPH                            AK   SHIP

            WIND GUST REPORTED BY AURORA - AN ALASKA MARINE HIGHWAY
            FERRY COMING INTO THE PIER.

1054 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
03/14/2006  M82 MPH                             AK   AWOS

            WIND GUST RECORDED AT VALDEZ AIRPORT.

1100 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
03/14/2006                                      AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            DAMAGE REPORTED TO BOATS IN DRY DOCK IN THE VALDEZ BOAT
            HARBOR.

&&

SEB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	31 hr
Mar 13, 11:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Mar 13, 11:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	3 days
Mar 13, 11:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr
Mar 13, 11:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr
Mar 14, 11:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Mar 14, 11:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Mar 14, 11:00 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	60 hr
Mar 14, 11:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.