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Wind Advisory 49, NWS Juneau, AK

June 28, 2008

NWS Juneau, AK issued this wind advisory at Jun 28, 2008, 9:33 AM AKDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2008, 9:33 AM AKDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2008, 6:00 PM AKDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Juneau, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWAK77 PAJK 281733
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
933 AM AKDT SAT JUN 28 2008


AKZ018-290145-
/X.NEW.PAJK.WI.Y.0049.080628T1733Z-080629T0200Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SKAGWAY
933 AM AKDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OR FREQUENT GUSTS
WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 6 PM AKDT TODAY OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWAK77 PAJK 290142
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
542 PM AKDT SAT JUN 28 2008

AKZ018-290245-
/X.EXP.PAJK.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-080629T0200Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SKAGWAY
542 PM AKDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STILL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY EARLY THIS
EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING FURTHER BY LATE EVENING.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Jun 28, 6:54 AM AKDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 6:54 AM AKDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
654 AM AKDT SAT JUN 28 2008

.LANDFALL OF FAST MOVING 1006 MB LOW NEAR CAPE SPENCER LAST NIGHT
RESULTED IN RELATIVELY STRONG PRESSURE FALLS N OF THE PNHDL LAST
NIGHT. THE PRESSURE FALLS TO THE N WERE REPLACED BY PRESSURE RISES
FM THE S LAST NIGHT. THE RESULT IS A STRONG ONSHORE PUSH FOR ABT
12 HOURS, EXCEPT FOR THE NRN PNHDL, WHERE THE SCA WINDS SHOULD
PERSIST UNTIL THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LANDFALLING LOW WERE HIGH. THE MOST EXTEME RAINFALL KNOWN WAS A 24
HOUR TOTAL OF 2.97 INCHES AT KECHIKAN, AND THIS TOTAL RAINFALL FOR
THE 27TH OF JUNE IS A NEW RECORD WITH THE OLD RECORD BEING 0.98
INCH SET IN 1956.

NAM USED AS GUIDANCE, AND IT VERIFIED BEST WITH EVENTS IN THE LAST 24
HOURS DESPITE THE MISSING RAOB DATA FROM PANT.  ANNETTE RAOB IS NOT
AVAILABLE FOR THE MOST RECENT MODEL RUNS DUE TO THEIR RELOCATION.

&&

.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ011>013-036.

&&

JT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 4:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK12 hr
Jun 27, 4:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK24 hr
Jun 27, 4:50 PM AKDTGale WarningAJK11 hr
Jun 28, 4:00 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK12 hr
Jun 28, 7:37 AM AKDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAJK47 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.