Ashfall Advisory 5, NWS Anchorage, AK

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WWAK71 PAFC 261810
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1010 AM AKDT THU MAR 26 2009

AKZ121-270000-
/X.CON.PAFC.AF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090327T0000Z/
WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER...
COOPER LANDING
1010 AM AKDT THU MAR 26 2009

...ASHFALL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

AN ASHFALL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

MOUNT REDOUBT HAS ERUPTED MULTIPLE TIMES THIS MORNING. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT ERUPTION OCCURRED AROUND 924 AM WITH A PLUME RISING
TO AT LEAST 65000 FEET. ASH FROM THESE ERUPTIONS WILL TRACK TO 
THE KENAI PENINSULA WITH ESTIMATED ARRIVAL OF ASH BETWEEN NOON 
AND 2 PM. MINOR ASHFALL IS LIKELY FROM NINILCHIK SOUTHWARD TO THE
SOUTHERN TIP OF THE KENAI PENINSULA...INCLUDING HOMER AND
COMMUNITIES ALONG KACHEMAK BAY. A TRACE TO ONE EIGHT OF AN INCH OF
ASH MAY ACCUMULATE THIS AFTERNOON. TRACE AMOUNTS OF ASH ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE FOR AREAS NORTH OF NINILCHIK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ASHFALL ADVISORY MEANS THAT ASH WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. PEOPLE IN AREAS OF ASHFALL SHOULD SEAL WINDOWS AND
DOORS. PROTECT ELECTRONICS AND COVER AIR INTAKES AND OPEN WATER
SUPPLIES. MINIMIZE DRIVING. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO STATION FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

&&

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000 
WWAK71 PAFC 262359
NPWAER

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
359 PM AKDT THU MAR 26 2009

AKZ121-270200-
/X.EXT.PAFC.AF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090327T0200Z/
WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER...
COOPER LANDING
359 PM AKDT THU MAR 26 2009

...ASHFALL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

THE ASHFALL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

ASH FROM THIS MORNINGS ERUPTIONS OF MOUNT REDOUBT HAS TRACKED TO
THE SOUTHWEST KENAI PENINSULA. ASH IS CURRENTLY FALLING IN
SELDOVIA AND HOMER...BUT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END BETWEEN 
4 PM AND 5 PM. THE ASH WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD INTERIOR
KENAI PENINSULA AND THE KENAI MOUNTAINS. MINOR ASHFALL OF A TRACE
TO ONE EIGHT INCH IS LIKELY FROM KACHEMAK BAY TO INTERIOR AREAS
ALONG THE KENAI MOUNTAINS. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN SOUTH OF THE STERLING HIGHWAY. TRACE AMOUNTS OF ASH ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE ON THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ASHFALL ADVISORY MEANS THAT ASH WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. PEOPLE IN AREAS OF ASHFALL SHOULD SEAL WINDOWS AND
DOORS. PROTECT ELECTRONICS AND COVER AIR INTAKES AND OPEN WATER
SUPPLIES. MINIMIZE DRIVING. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO STATION FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

&&

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000 
WWAK71 PAFC 270214
NPWAER

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
614 PM AKDT THU MAR 26 2009


AKZ121-270315-
/X.EXP.PAFC.AF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090327T0200Z/
WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER...
COOPER LANDING
614 PM AKDT THU MAR 26 2009

...ASHFALL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE ASHFALL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LIGHT ASHFALL WAS REPORTED AROUND KACHEMAK BAY AND AS FAR NORTH AS
KENAI THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT REMAINS OF THE ASH CLOUD HAS MOVED
NORTHEAST TOWARD ANCHORAGE AND NO ADDITIONAL ASHFALL IS EXPECTED
OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA FROM THIS EVENT.

MOUNT REDOUBT REMAINS ACTIVE AND ADDITIONAL ERUPTIONS ARE
POSSIBLE. KEEP INFORMED BY MONITORING LOCAL NEW OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION.

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