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High Wind Watch 15, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 28, 2008

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high wind watch at Dec 28, 2008, 5:20 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 28, 2008, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2008, 5:20 AM AKST (14:20 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2008, 4:00 PM AKST
Expired: Dec 28, 2008, 10:11 AM AKST
In force
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 28, 5:00 AM AKST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:00 AM AKST, 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	3 days
Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	30 hr
Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Dec 28, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	60 hr
Dec 28, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
Dec 28, 4:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	24 hr
Dec 28, 10:11 AM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFC	52 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Alaska, 2008 Every high wind watch in 2008

Sources

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