Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 108, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 19, 2007, 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
- Jan 19, 2007, 11:00 PM AKST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2007, 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 201256 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 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. PKZ197-210300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 975 MB LOW 400 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK INTENSIFIES TO 966 MB SAT AFTERNOON 200 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK. THIS LOW THEN WEAKENS TO 979 MB AS IT MOVES INLAND SUN MORNING OVER MONTAGUE ISLAND. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE GULF SUN. $$ PKZ120-210300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN WITH SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 55 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 21 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ121-210300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 INCREASING TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-210300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT BY THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG. SNOW. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-210300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. SNOW. .TONIGHT AND SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-210300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 45 KT BECOMING NW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...W WIND 50 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ132-210300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING N 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...N WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ138-210300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-210300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .WED...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. $$ PKZ141-210300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK51 PAFC 210012 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 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. PKZ197-211500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 960 MB LOW 175 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY WILL MOVE NEAR CORDOVA AT 978 MB LATE SAT NIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN GULF SUN. $$ PKZ120-211500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 55 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 21 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ121-211500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON AND MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-211500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. SNOW. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ129-211500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-211500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 50 KT BECOMING NW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ132-211500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .WED...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-211500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING W 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ140-211500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .MON AND MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEA IN ICE FREE WATERSS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. $$ PKZ141-211500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 19, 10:00 AM AKST, 13 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 10:00 AM AKST, 13 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 300 PM AST FRI JAN 19 2007 .DISCUSSION...TWO WEAK LOWS REMAIN THE FOCUS OF THE WEATHER AROUND SOUTHERN ALASKA TODAY. THE EASTERN LOW IS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND BRINGING MODERATE SNOW TO THE VALDEZ AREA AND OTHER AREAS AROUND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. THIS LOW IS CONTINUING TO WEAKEN AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN OVERNIGHT AND DISSIPATE. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW PERSISTS IN NORTHERN COOK INLET AND THE SUSITNA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE NEXT LOW IN THE EAST WILL ARRIVE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND HEAD TO YAKUTAT SUNDAY. THIS TRACK WILL MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THIS LOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA. BIGGEST IMPACT WILL BE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE WATERS AREA AND THE NORTH GULF COAST. THIS LOW IS ALREADY EVIDENT ON SATELLITE IMAGERY NEAR 45N 160W THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LOW HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THE MODELS TO RESOLVE THE LAST FEW DAYS BUT THE MODELS SEEM TO ALL BE CONVERGING ON THE SOLUTION THAT BRINGS THIS LOW INTO YAKUTAT. IN THE WEST THE LOW NEAR BRISTOL BAY IS VERY SLOWLY WEAKENING AND DRIFTING EAST. SNOW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL PERSIST NEAR IT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THIS LOW IS INCREASING AND PUSHING WINDS IN THE PRIBILOFS TO OVER 40 MPH. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA IS ALSO IS ACCENTUATED BY A RIDGE IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL BERING SEA THAT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALE 179. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 179 185. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. JAN 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 3 days | |
| Jan 19, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 19, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 19, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 19, 11:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Jan 20, 12:10 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 21 hr | |
| Jan 20, 10:30 AM AKST | Snow Advisory | AFC | 43 hr | |
| Jan 20, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 20, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 20, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Jan 20, 11:00 AM AKST | Storm 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.