Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2010
Storm Warning 216, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this storm warning at Nov 24, 2010, 7:05 AM AKST. It was in force for 21 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 24, 2010, 7:05 AM AKST (16:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2010, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939 FZAK62 PAFC 241609 AAA OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 705 AM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 UPDATED ALL ZONES OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA 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. PKZ499-250300- 400 AM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A 997 MB LOW AT 60N 175E MOVES TO 60N 175W WED EVENING AND THEN DISSIPATES ON THU. A 995 MB LOW AT 51N 163E EARLY THU MORNING AND THEN MOVES TO 57N 180 LATE THU NIGHT AT 1001 MB AND THEN MOVES ON SHORE NEAR KIPNUK FRI AFTERNOON AT 1000 MB. A FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE BERING ON THU. $$ PKZ411-250300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 705 AM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...N OF 56N...W WIND 40 TO 50 KT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 20 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. S OF 56N...W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 TO 35 KT SHIFTING TO S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 TO 20 FT. .THU...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT AND SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ412-250300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 705 AM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 TO 18 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WIND 40 TO 50 KT. SEAS 24 FT. SNOW. .THU...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 25 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 24 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ413-250300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 705 AM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 TO 30 INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 TO 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 TO 20 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 25 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 19 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ414-250300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 705 AM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 19 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 21 FT. SNOW. .THU...NW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 FT SUBSIDING TO 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
499 FZAK62 PAFC 250002 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ499-251500- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A 997 MB LOW AT 60N 176W DISSIPATES NEAR 58N 166W TONIGHT. A 995 MB LOW NEAR 56N 167E THU AFTERNOON MOVES TO 60N 172W AT 999 MB FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ411-251500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 PM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N OF 56N...W WIND 50 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 19 FT. S OF 56N...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ412-251500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 50 KT. SEAS 23 FT. SNOW. .THU...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 TO 19 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ413-251500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU AND THU NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ414-251500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 PM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 50 KT. SEAS 21 FT. SNOW. .THU...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
016 FZAK62 PAFC 251307 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKST THU NOV 25 2010 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA 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. PKZ499-260300- 400 AM AKST THU NOV 25 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BERING GIVES WAY TO A 993 MB LOW NEAR 55N 165E LATE THU MORNING. THIS SYSTEM THEN MOVES TO 60N 173W LATE FRI MORNING AT 999 MB AND CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA FRI EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE FORMS OVER THE WESTERN BERING SAT. $$ PKZ411-260300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 AM AKST THU NOV 25 2010 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT AND SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ412-260300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST THU NOV 25 2010 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 23 FT SUBSIDING TO 17 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ413-260300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST THU NOV 25 2010 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 TO 35 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ414-260300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKST THU NOV 25 2010 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 22 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 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 24, 5:00 AM AKST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 5:00 AM AKST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AKST WED NOV 24 2010 .MODEL DISCUSSION...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON LOW OVER AK PEN WHICH IS MOVING TOWARD MIDDLETON ISLAND TONIGHT. SOME VARIANCE IN MODEL SPREAD ON SYSTEM THAT MOVES INTO THE WESTERN BERING THU AFTERNOON...IN ANY CASE THE LOW FILLS FAIRLY RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES TOWARDS ST PAUL ON FRI. .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...CURRENT PRIMARY WEATHER IS WITH THE LOW OVER THE AK PEN. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS BRINGING IT INTO THE VICINITY OF MIDDLETON ISLAND LATE WED NIGHT. MAIN FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL THIS MORNING BUT PLENTY OF SHOWERS AND SECONDARY FRONT YET TO MOVE ON SHORE. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... BERING REGION...WEAK FRONT IN CENTRAL BERING TODAY WITH ZONAL FLOW BEHIND. NEXT MAJOR SYSTEM IS THU NIGHT AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH WESTERN BERING. PRIMARILY STRATUS WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FOR MOST OF AREA...SOME CONTINUED RAIN ALONG THE AK PEN TODAY. SOUTHWEST...RAIN OR SNOW TODAY WITH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 30S. DO EXPECT COOLING TREND STARTING THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE WEST AS LOW CENTER CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY TO THE EAST. MOSTLY CLOUDY ON THU WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. SOUTHCENTRAL...RAIN SHOWERS TODAY OVER MOST OF AREA. AS LOW MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN GULF THU MORNING CAN WILL SEE COOLING SO PROBABLY LOOKING AT SNOW SHOWERS WED PM WITH REASONABLE CHANCE OF SNOW ON THU WITH COLD ADVECTION ACROSS COOK INLET. .LONG TERM FORECAST...SHORTWAVE MOVES FROM NORTHERN BERING INTO GULF ON SAT SO LAND AREAS WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED WITH POTENTIAL FOR SNOW THROUGH SUN MORNING. MODELS WANT TO BUILD A RIDGE OVER THE BERING ON SUN WHICH LOOKS AS IT WILL REMAIN FOR MOST OF THE WEEK WITH ASSOCIATED TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN GULF. MOST REGIONS SEASONAL TEMPS WITH SOME CLEARING AS WELL. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE MARINE...GALES 130 132 150 155 160 165 180 170 171 175 185 179 FIRE WEATHER...NONE JMP NOV 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 5 days | |
| Nov 24, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Nov 24, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Nov 24, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 51 hr | |
| Nov 24, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 24, 6:35 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 9 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.