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Storm Warning 236, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this storm warning at Dec 7, 2006, 11:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 12 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
- Dec 7, 2006, 11:00 PM AKST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2006, 11:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFC 081255 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 CORRECTED ZONE 120 MARINE FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-090300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 955 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTH OF COLD BAY MOVES TO 100 NM NORTHEAST OF CHIGNIK AT 966 MB BY SATURDAY MORNING. A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN GULF AHEAD OF THIS LOW ON FRIDAY. A 965 MB LOW MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF 500 NM SOUTH OF CORDOVA FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC ON SUNDAY MORNING AND MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN GULF SUNDAY NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-090300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 BUILDING TO 16 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-090300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT...EXCEPT 25 KT SOUTH OF CAINES HEAD. SEAS 3 FT EXCEPT 6 FT SOUTH OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT...EXCEPT 25 KT SOUTH OF CAINES HEAD IN THE EVENING THEN S WIND 15 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT EXCEPT 6 FT SOUTH OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 25 KT BY THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-090300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-090300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-090300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-090300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...S WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-090300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS WITH RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-090300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. WIND INCREASING TO E 25 KT IN THE MORNING SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-090300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK51 PAFC 090039 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 MARINE FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-091500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 963 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTHEAST OF SAND POINT MOVES OVER KING SALMON AT 970 MB SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA SATURDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-091500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 21 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-091500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT EXCEPT 25 KT SOUTH OF CAINES HEAD. SEAS 3 FT EXCEPT 7 FT SOUTH OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-091500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-091500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-091500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT SOUTHEAST OF BARREN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT SOUTHEAST OF BARREN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-091500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ138-091500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-091500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ141-091500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST FRI DEC 8 2006 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm warning 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 storm warning went out at Dec 7, 12:00 PM AKST, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 12:00 PM AKST, 11 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 500 PM AST WED DEC 7 2006 .DISCUSSION... EAST...CONTINUED SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE GULF OF ALASKA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS LOWS TRACK IN THE VICINITY OF KODIAK ISLAND. NAM INDICATES THAT DEVELOPING LOW SOUTH OF SAND POINT THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRACK FURTHER NORTH THAN GFS SOLUTION...THE UKMET MODEL LIKES TO KEEP THE CENTER OVER BRISTOL BAY. DESPITE THE LACK OF MODEL CONSENSUS... EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO STRONG EAST WINDS ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST THROUGH SUNDAY. AN OCCLUDED FRONT ASSOCIATE WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN GULF ON FRIDAY...REACHING THE NORTH GULF COAST ABOUT MIDDAY. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE IN THIS FRONT. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEST...A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN ALASKA ON SATURDAY AS NEXT LOW TRACKS INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA. EXPECTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE GREATER BERING SEA AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MODELS ALSO INDICATING COOLER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING. CONTINUED SNOW SHOWERS IN COASTAL ZONES AS NEXT FRONT MOVES INTO BRISTOL BAY FRIDAY MORNING. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALES...120.130.132.170.172.175.185. SCA...121.125.138.140.150.155.171.176. DEC 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | ||
| Dec 7, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | ||
| Dec 7, 11:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 5 days |
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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.