Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2010
High Wind Warning 15, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high wind warning at Oct 16, 2010, 4:53 AM AKDT. It took effect at Oct 17, 2010, 12:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 15 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
- Oct 16, 2010, 4:53 AM AKDT (12:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2010, 12:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2010, 2:40 PM AKDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
421 WWAK72 PAFC 161253 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 453 AM AKDT SAT OCT 16 2010 AKZ185-170200- /X.NEW.PAFC.HW.W.0015.101017T0000Z-101017T2100Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 453 AM AKDT SAT OCT 16 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM AKDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING DANGEROUS WINDS TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. WEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH TODAY WILL GUST TO 75 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO 40 TO 60 MPH THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH THAT PERSIST UNTIL MIDDAY SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$
5 follow-up statements
918 WWAK72 PAFC 162111 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 111 PM AKDT SAT OCT 16 2010 AKZ187-171015- /X.EXB.PAFC.HW.W.0015.101017T0800Z-101018T0000Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 111 PM AKDT SAT OCT 16 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY EAST OF ATKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING DANGEROUS WINDS TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS EAST OF ATKA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 60 MPH THIS TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH THAT WILL PERSIST UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ185-171015- /X.EXT.PAFC.HW.W.0015.101017T0800Z-101018T0000Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 111 PM AKDT SAT OCT 16 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING DANGEROUS WINDS TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS EAST OF ATKA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 60 MPH THIS TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH THAT WILL PERSIST UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$
263 WWAK72 PAFC 162118 CCA NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 116 PM AKDT SAT OCT 16 2010 AKZ187-171045- /X.COR.PAFC.HW.W.0015.101017T0800Z-101018T0000Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 116 PM AKDT SAT OCT 16 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY EAST OF ATKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING DANGEROUS WINDS TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS EAST OF ATKA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 60 MPH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH THAT WILL PERSIST UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ185-171045- /X.COR.PAFC.HW.W.0015.101017T0800Z-101018T0000Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 116 PM AKDT SAT OCT 16 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING DANGEROUS WINDS TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 60 MPH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH THAT WILL PERSIST UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$
162 WWAK72 PAFC 171006 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 206 AM AKDT SUN OCT 17 2010 AKZ185-180000- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101018T0000Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 206 AM AKDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING DANGEROUS WINDS TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ187-180000- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101018T0000Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 206 AM AKDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF ATKA... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF ATKA. A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING DANGEROUS WINDS TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH EAST OF ATKA. SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$
754 WWAK72 PAFC 171234 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 434 AM AKDT SUN OCT 17 2010 AKZ185-180000- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101018T0000Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 434 AM AKDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS WEST OF DUTCH HARBOR... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS WEST OF DUTCH HARBOR. A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING DANGEROUS WINDS TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS WEST OF DUTCH HARBOR. SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ187-180000- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101018T0000Z/ CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK 434 AM AKDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF ATKA... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF ATKA. A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN BERING WILL BRING DANGEROUS WINDS TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH EAST OF ATKA. SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$
082 WWAK72 PAFC 172240 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 240 PM AKDT SUN OCT 17 2010 AKZ185-187-172345- /X.CAN.PAFC.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101018T0000Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS-CENTRAL ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI...ATKA AND ADAK 240 PM AKDT SUN OCT 17 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW WARNING LEVELS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Oct 16, 4:05 AM AKDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 4:05 AM AKDT, 48 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
405 AM AKDT SAT OCT 16 2010
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
A STORM FORCE LOW JUST EAST OF THE PRIBILOFS IS BY FAR THE MOST
PROMINENT FEATURE ACROSS THE STATE EARLY THIS MORNING. A GALE FORCE
OCCLUDED FRONT STRETCHES EAST FROM THE LOW TO THE COAST OF THE
SOUTHWEST MAINLAND AND SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE IN OKAY AGREEMENT FOR THE TRACK OF THE STRONG EASTERN
BERING LOW. HOWEVER...THERE ARE SUBTLE TRACK DIFFERENCES AS IT
BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE EASTERN BERING AND THEN DIVES
SOUTH ACROSS THE CHAIN. THESE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES WILL AFFECT EXACTLY
WHERE THE CORE OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TODAY AND TOMORROW ON
THE SOUTH/WEST SIDE OF THE LOW. MODELS ARE COMING INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT REGARDING A DEVELOPING 970 MB LOW OVER THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN
GULF SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL...
A FRONT IN THE WESTERN GULF MOVES TO THE NORTH GULF COAST THIS
EVENING AND STALLS OUT. THIS FRONT WILL BRING WARMER TEMPS...AND
PRECIPITATION MAINLY TO COASTAL AREAS...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
RAIN...AS WELL AS GALE FORCE WINDS. A 970 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE CENTRAL GULF SUNDAY AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF SUNDAY
NIGHT...ALLOWING THE COASTAL RAIN...MILD TEMPS...AND GUSTY WINDS TO
PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SOUTHWEST MAINLAND...
OCCLUDED FRONT OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND IS PRETTY MUCH STALLING
OUT THIS MORNING NEAR THE COAST. PRECIPITATION SO FAR HAS BEEN FAIRLY
LIGHT AND MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO STAY
THAT WAY AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. AS THE PARENT LOW CROSSES THE ALASKA
PENINSULA...OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND
LATE SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT WITH DRYING AND COOLING.
BERING/ALEUTIANS/ALASKA PENINSULA...
IMPRESSIVE LOW THIS MORNING JUST EAST OF THE PRIBILOFS. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE ON ITS SOUTH/WEST SIDE. THE LOW WILL STRENGTHEN A BIT
FURTHER TODAY AND SLOWLY WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
THE LOW WILL ACTUALLY PERFORM A COUNTERCLOCKWISE LOOP TODAY AND
TONIGHT WITH A DIAMETER OF ABOUT 150 MILES. TOMORROW MORNING...THIS
WILL BRING THE LOW BACK TO ABOUT WHERE IT IS THIS MORNING. THE LOW
WILL THEN DIVE SOUTH...PASSING THROUGH THE CHAIN ROUGHLY AROUND KING
COVE. STRONG WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR THE PRIBILOFS AND
ALEUTIANS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH GUSTS TOPPING 60 MPH AT TIMES. AN
INTERESTING COMPLICATING FACTOR WILL BE A POLAR LOW NORTHWEST OF
SHEMYA THIS MORNING DIVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WEST/CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS TONIGHT. WITH COLDER AIR ADVECTING IN OVER THE
REGION...PRECIPITATION WILL END UP MIXING WITH SNOW IN MANY
AREAS...ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY NOTABLE ACCUMULATIONS.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
EXPECT MILD...MOIST SOUTH/SOUTHEAST FLOW WITH MODEST LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEMS TO PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA AND THE
SOUTHERN MAINLAND...WITH PRECIPITATION MAINLY ALONG THE COAST.
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE BERING/ALEUTIANS...ALTHOUGH
WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING ZONE 185.
MARINE...STORM WARNING ZONES 120 130 150 170 172 179 413 414.
GALE WARNING ZONES 125 132 138 140 155 160 165 171 175 176
180 185 351 352 411 412.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
FOISY OCT 10The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 15, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 15, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 15, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 15, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 15, 4:00 PM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 15, 4:00 PM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 15, 8:45 PM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 7 hr | |
| Oct 15, 8:57 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Oct 16, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 16, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 16, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 16, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 16, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 16, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 16, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 16, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 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.