Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 522, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jul 30, 2009, 11:20 PM AKDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Jul 30, 2009, 11:20 PM AKDT (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2009, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFC 310717 AAB CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 1120 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 UPDATED ZONES 130 132 COASTAL WATERS 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. PKZ197-311400- 400 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1005 MB LOW NEAR KODIAK CITY WILL MOVE ONSHORE ON THE KENAI PENINSULA THU EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE GULF FRI AND SAT. $$ PKZ120-311400- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT THROUGH SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-311400- RESURRECTION BAY 840 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-311400- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 840 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-311400- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-311400- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 1120 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...E WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. PATCHY FOG. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT...GUSTING TO 30 KT DURING THE MORNING. SEAS 7 FT...EXCEPT 3 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT...EXCEPT 2 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ132-311400- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 1120 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 KT TOWARDS MORNING. SEAS 14 FT...SUBSIDING TO 9 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN AND MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-311400- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-311400- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT BY MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT SW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-311400- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK51 PAFC 311143 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 COASTAL WATERS 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. PKZ197-010200- 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH MONDAY. $$ PKZ120-010200- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT THIS AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ121-010200- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT ENDING THIS MORNING. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FOOT. PATCHY MORNING FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY MORNING FOG. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-010200- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT BY MID MORNING. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-010200- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT BY MIDMORNING. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-010200- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ132-010200- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT BY MIDMORNING. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-010200- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-010200- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 FT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-010200- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW BY MID MORNING. WINDS DIMINISHING TO SW 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Jul 30, 4:00 PM AKDT, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 4:00 PM AKDT, 7 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 400 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009 .MODEL DISCUSSION...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WHILE CONSISTENT...THEY ARE ALL A LITTLE TOO FAR EAST ON THE LOW MOVING OVER KODIAK THIS AFTERNOON. GETTING DOWN TO FINER DETAILS...THE GFS WAS WEIGHED UPON A LITTLE HEAVIER FOR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE EASTERN KENAI PENINSULA AS THE NAM LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE HIGH SIDE AND THE FARTHER WEST TRACK OF THE LOW. .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...UPPER LEVEL PATTERN HAS THE LONGWAVE TROUGH FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA WITH THE LARGE LONGWAVE RIDGE OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA. AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE ROTATION AROUND THIS TROUGH IS STRENGTHENING A LOW MOVING UP FROM THE PACIFIC WHICH IS NOW NEAR KODIAK ISLAND. WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... THERE IS A GOOD POOL OF COOL AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAST MOVING SYSTEM APPROACHING THE KENAI PENINSULA. THIS IS EXPECTED TO ENHANCE THE VERTICAL LIFT SO THAT THERE WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. KODIAK ISLAND HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS TODAY AS THE HAVE REPORTED MODERATE RAINFALL RATES FOR A NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS. THIS IS THE BIG QUESTION REGARDING THE FLOODING POTENTIAL IN THE SEWARD AREA. THE SYSTEM WILL BE MUCH SHORTER IN DURATION WITH LESS OF A DUE SOUTH FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS...BUT THE DYNAMIC LIFT IS BETTER WITH THIS SYSTEM SO THERE COULD BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION THE SHORTER PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ISSUES SO THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SEWARD AREA HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. THE PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO CAUSE GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA. .LONG TERM FORECAST...WHILE THE OVERALL PATTERN DOES NOT CHANGE WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN THE BERING SEA AND THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA. THERE IS SOME RETROGRESSION OF BOTH FEATURES THIS WEEKEND WHICH WILL SHIFT THE RAINY PATTERN FARTHER WEST TOWARD THE ALASKA PENINSULA. IT WILL ALSO BRING PARTIAL CLEARING TO SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA WITH THE MARINE LAYER POSSIBLE BECOMING A PLAYER UP COOK INLET. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...FLOOD ADVISORY 121 125. MARINE...GALE 138. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. JUL 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jul 30, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 38 hr | |
| Jul 30, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jul 30, 4:56 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFC | 66 hr | |
| Jul 31, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jul 31, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 26 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.