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Gale Warning 1, NWS Juneau, AK

January 4, 2009

NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 4, 2009, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 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: Jan 4, 2009, 4:00 PM AKST (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Jan 5, 2009, 4:00 PM AKST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Juneau, AK

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 Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Jan 4, 1:18 PM AKST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 1:18 PM AKST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 4, 10:08 AM AKST, 5 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1008 AM AKST SUN JAN 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 AM     BLIZZARD         8 N SKAGWAY             59.57N 135.33W
01/04/2009                                      AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SKAGWAY CUSTOMS REPORTING 1/8 MILE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING
            SNOW. ESTIMATED WIND SPPED 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
            TEMPERATURE 4 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL -33F.

0930 AM     BLIZZARD         15 NE SKAGWAY           59.61N 135.03W
01/04/2009                   XXX                XX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            AT 930 AM THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY ROAD CONDITION REPORT
            ISSUED BY AKDOT REPORTED 1/4 MILE VISIBLITY, 4 INCHES NEW
            SNOW OVERNIGHT, TEMPERATURE OF -17, SUSTAINED WIND OF 25
            MPH WITH WIND CHILL OF 47 BELOW ZERO.

0938 AM     BLIZZARD         SKAGWAY                 59.45N 135.33W
01/04/2009                                      AK   ASOS

            SKAGWAY ASOS REPORTING 3/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN -SNSQ. WIND
            IS 050 AT 43 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS OF 61 MPH. TEMPERATURE
            IS 4F WITH WIND CHILL OF -23F.

&&

MJM

Local storm report, Jan 4, 2:55 PM AKST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 4, 3:27 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AJK	10 hr
Jan 4, 3:27 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AJK	5 days
Jan 4, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	24 hr
Jan 4, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	48 hr
Jan 4, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	24 hr
Jan 4, 4:00 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AJK	24 hr
Jan 4, 4:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AJK	24 hr
Jan 4, 9:13 PM AKST	Areal Flood Warning	AJK	10 hr
Jan 5, 2:22 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	14 hr
Jan 5, 2:22 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AJK	14 hr
Jan 5, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	12 hr
Jan 5, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	12 hr
Jan 5, 4:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AJK	12 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2009 Every gale warning in 2009

Sources

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