Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2008
Gale Warning 813, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 5, 2008, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 7 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 5, 2008, 4:00 PM AKST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2008, 10:30 PM AKST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFC 060020 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 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. PKZ197-061500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 987 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT WILL WEAKEN TO 999 MB AS IT MOVES TO 50 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK SAT AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL THEN MOVE TO 100 NM SOUTH OF SEWARD SAT NIGHT AT 1006 MB AND DISSIPATE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF SUN. $$ PKZ120-061500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SAT THROUGH SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ121-061500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE MAINLY N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-061500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-061500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-061500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT BY MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-061500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-061500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-061500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHEST WIND AND SEAS SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-061500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK51 PAFC 060729 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 1030 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 UPDATED ZONE 130 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. PKZ197-061500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 987 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT WILL WEAKEN TO 999 MB AS IT MOVES TO 50 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK SAT AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL THEN MOVE TO 100 NM SOUTH OF SEWARD SAT NIGHT AT 1006 MB AND DISSIPATE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF SUN. $$ PKZ120-061500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SAT THROUGH SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ121-061500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE MAINLY N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-061500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-061500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-061500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 1030 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. ELSEWHERE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-061500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-061500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-061500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHEST WIND AND SEAS SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-061500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 5, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 5, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Dec 5, 5:36 PM AKST | Dense Fog Advisory | AFC | 5 hr | |
| Dec 5, 10:30 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 28 hr | |
| Dec 6, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 6 days | |
| Dec 6, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 6, 9:44 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 17 hr |
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