Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2009
Storm Warning 209, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this storm warning at Nov 29, 2009, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 48 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
- Nov 29, 2009, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2009, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK61 PAFC 291258 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W 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. PKZ399-300300- 400 AM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA...A 977 MB LOW NEAR 59N 144W WEAKENS TO A 994 MB LOW SUN AFTERNOON NEAR 61N 147W. THIS LOW DISSIPATES AS IT MOVES INLAND SUN NIGHT. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT ENTERS THE WESTERN GULF SUN NIGHT AND REACHES THE CENTRAL GULF MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ351-300300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...STORM WARNING MONDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 15 TO 19 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 14 FT BUILDING TO 26 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .WED...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ352-300300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 FZAK61 PAFC 300016 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ399-301500- 400 PM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A 990 MB LOW NEAR 61N 147W WILL DISSIPATE SUN NIGHT. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT WILL ENTER THE WESTERN GULF LATE SUN NIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF TUE MORNING. $$ PKZ351-301500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 PM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...STORM WARNING MONDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT BECOMING SE WIND 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 60 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ352-301500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 PM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...STORM WARNING MONDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 40 KT BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 40 TO 55 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 45 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE EVENING. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .WED...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$
000 FZAK61 PAFC 301247 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKST MON NOV 30 2009 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W 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. PKZ399-010300- 400 AM AKST MON NOV 30 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA...A WEATHER FRONT MOVES TO THE CENTRAL GULF BY MON NIGHT AND THEN WEAKENS AS IT MOVES INLAND ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ351-010300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKST MON NOV 30 2009 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND INCREASING 45 TO 55 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS BUILDING 18 TO 25 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 TO 50 KT. SEAS 28 FT. RAIN. .TUE...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 28 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ352-010300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKST MON NOV 30 2009 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND INCREASING 40 TO 55 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS BUILDING 18 TO 25 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 TO 50 KT. SEAS 28 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...S WIND 40 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 25 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$
000 FZAK61 PAFC 010024 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST MON NOV 30 2009 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ399-011500- 400 PM AKST MON NOV 30 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A STRONG WEATHER FRONT IN THE WESTERN GULF WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL GULF TUE. THIS FRONT WILL THEN MOVE ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST TUE NIGHT AND INTO WED. $$ PKZ351-011500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 PM AKST MON NOV 30 2009 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 50 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ352-011500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 PM AKST MON NOV 30 2009 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 TO 50 KT. SEAS 25 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...S WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 TO 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .WED...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$
000 FZAK61 PAFC 011236 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W 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. PKZ399-020300- 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A STRONG WEATHER FRONT MOVES FROM THE CENTRAL GULF TO SOUTHEAST ALASKA BY TUE NIGHT. A 981 MB LOW NEAR 58N 160W TUE NIGHT MOVES INLAND NEAR 59N 157W EARLY WED AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ351-020300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 26 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ352-020300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 26 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .WED...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Nov 28, 3:45 PM AKST, 12 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 3:45 PM AKST, 12 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
345 PM AKST SAT NOV 28 2009
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND APPEAR TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
PREVIOUS RUN.
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
UPPER LEVEL...THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN RUSSIA AND WESTERN
ALASKA LINKS UP WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. AN UPPER
RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST.
AT SURFACE...A STRONG LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA CONTINUES
TO MOVE NORTHEAST. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SOUTHWEST OF ATTU IS MOVING
TOWARD THE BERING SEA.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
.SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA AND THE GULF...THE GULF STORM WILL MOVE ONSHORE
JUST WEST OF YAKUTAT SUNDAY MORNING AND INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY
SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP OVER KODIAK ISLAND AND THE LOWER COOK INLET TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY MORNING THEN WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW ALONG
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND KODIAK ISLAND WILL END FROM THE WEST
TONIGHT. A SECONDARY LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
SUNDAY THEN DISSIPATE SUNDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL
PERSIST AROUND THE SOUND THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
SOUTHWEST ALASKA...THE RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE
INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA SUNDAY. NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM
MOVING INTO THE BERING WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ALASKA PENINSULA SUNDAY
NIGHT AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR MONDAY. AREAS OF GALE FORCE
WINDS WITH STORM FORCE GUST WILL BE FOUND AHEAD OF THE FRONT UNTIL IT
MOVES INLAND MONDAY.
BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS...A 977 MB LOW JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE
WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL DEEPEN TO 955 MB OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL BERING
SUNDAY EVENING THEN WEAKEN TO 964 MB OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS
MONDAY EVENING. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND THE CENTER
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
THE LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS MONDAY NIGHT WILL DRIFT INTO
BRISTOL BAY TUESDAY NIGHT.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WATCH 185.
BLIZZARD WARNING 195.
MARINE...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING...172 175 176 179.
STORM WARNING...150 155 160 165 170 171 185.
GALE WARNING...120 130 132 138 180.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING...130 138 140 160 180 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
NM NOV 09The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Nov 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Nov 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Nov 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Nov 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 28, 4:08 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 55 hr | |
| Nov 28, 7:53 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 33 hr | |
| Nov 28, 8:15 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 8 hr | |
| Nov 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Nov 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Nov 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Nov 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 29, 5:36 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 23 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.