Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 19, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high wind warning at Oct 7, 2008, 3:43 PM AKDT. It took effect at Oct 8, 2008, 6:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2008, 3:43 PM AKDT (23:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2008, 6:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2008, 1:23 PM AKDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFC 072343 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 343 PM AKDT TUE OCT 7 2008 AKZ185-081245- /X.NEW.PAFC.HW.W.0019.081008T2200Z-081009T0700Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 343 PM AKDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY. AN INTENSE LOW WILL CROSS THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC WEDNESDAY. AN ASSOCIATED STRONG FRONT WILL APPROACH THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOUTH WIND 45 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFC 081238 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 438 AM AKDT WED OCT 8 2008 AKZ185-090200- /X.EXT.PAFC.HW.W.0019.081009T0200Z-081009T0800Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 438 AM AKDT WED OCT 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. AN INTENSE LOW WILL CROSS THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC WEDNESDAY. AN ASSOCIATED STRONG FRONT WILL APPROACH THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. EXPECT SOUTH WIND 45 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH IN THE EVENING AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFC 082123 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 123 PM AKDT WED OCT 8 2008 AKZ185-082230- /X.CAN.PAFC.HW.W.0019.081009T0200Z-081009T0800Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 123 PM AKDT WED OCT 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE FORECAST TRACK OF THE UPCOMING STORM HAS SHIFTED A BIT FARTHER EAST SO THAT THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO OBSERVE WARNING LEVEL WINDS. THUS...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG...WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH EXPECTED TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 7, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Oct 7, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Oct 7, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 7, 6:40 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 69 hr | |
| Oct 7, 6:40 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 9 hr | |
| Oct 7, 8:48 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 7 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.