Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 602, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Sep 27, 2011, 4:00 PM AKDT. 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
- Sep 27, 2011, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2011, 4:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
269 FZAK62 PAFC 272337 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKDT TUE SEP 27 2011 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. PKZ499-281500- 400 PM AKDT TUE SEP 27 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A WEATHER FRONT WILL ENTER THE WESTERN BERING TUE NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING WED NIGHT. A 1003 MB LOW OVER THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WED MORNING WILL MOVE TO NEAR 56N 175E AT 991 MB WED NIGHT AND TO NEAR 57N 170W AT 988 MB THU AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ411-281500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 PM AKDT TUE SEP 27 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT BUILDING TO 16 FT. .THU...W WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ412-281500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 PM AKDT TUE SEP 27 2011 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ413-281500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 PM AKDT TUE SEP 27 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 14 FT. .THU...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ414-281500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 PM AKDT TUE SEP 27 2011 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
868 FZAK62 PAFC 281118 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ499-290300- 400 AM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A WEATHER FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE WESTERN BERING WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND DISSIPATE BY LATE TONIGHT. A 996 MB LOW NEAR 61N 168E WILL DISSIPATE NEAR 62N 178E THU MORNING. A 1008 MB LOW NEAR 51N 154E WILL INTENSIFY TO 988 MB NEAR 57N 174E THU MORNING THEN MOVE TO 56N 162W LATE THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ411-290300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 AM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING W BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 20 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 50 KT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ412-290300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ413-290300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT BUILDING TO 21 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ414-290300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$
580 FZAK62 PAFC 290000 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 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. PKZ499-291500- 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A WEATHER FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING WILL DISSIPATE OVER EASTERN BERING LATE WED NIGHT. A 996 MB LOW NEAR 54N 171E WILL INTENSIFY TO 985 MB NEAR 57N 173W THU AFTERNOON THEN MOVE TO NEAR 55N 158W WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ411-291500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT BUILDING TO 17 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...NW WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ412-291500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ413-291500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...STORM WARNING THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 16 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 50 KT. SEAS 15 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ414-291500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 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 Sep 27, 5:00 AM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 5:00 AM AKDT, 11 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AKDT TUE SEP 27 2011 .MODEL DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH 120 HOURS. ECMWF OUTLIER IN THE MID AND LONG TERM PERIODS. PREFERRED GFS FOR THE FIRST 84 HOURS...THEN TRENDED TOWARDS THE GFS SOLUTION. .UPPER LEVELS... LONG WAVE TROUGH EXTENING ACROSS MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE GULF WILL HOLD THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING THEN GRADUALLY FLATTEN. NEARLY ZONAL JET PERSISTS ALONG THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN. WEAK HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE BERING SEA TODAY THEN FLATTENS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL STEERING FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIRECT NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND EASTERN RUSSIA STORMS INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING AND TOWARDS MAINLAND ALASKA. .SURFACE ANALYSIS... 997 MB LOW JUST SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA THIS MORNING WILL NOW CURVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE GULF OF ALASKA. LOW WEAKENS TO 1001 MB AS IT TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY THEN DISSIPATES OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA ON THURSDAY. NEW WEATHER FRONT ENTERS THE WESTERN BERING TUESDAY NIGHT...FRONT RAPIDLY OCCLUDING WARM FRONT MOVES INTO THE FAR WESTERN BERING THIS EVENING. FRONT MOVES QUICKLY NORTH AND NORTHWEST AND DISSIPATES OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A LARGE RUSSIAN LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF ABOUT 989 MB. .ANALYSIS AND SHORT TERM FORECAST... MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA THIS MORNING. AREAS OF RADIATONAL FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE MORNING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BREAK UP AROUND NOON. RAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL TURN TO SCATTERED SHOWERS BY AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...MAINLY THROUGH CHANNELED AREAS...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA AND MUCH OF THE ALEUTIANS THIS MORNING AS THE LOW EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE GULF COAST AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW. EXPECT RAIN ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND ACROSS THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA STARTING EARLY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN WILL LIKELY BE MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CHUGACH AND KENAI MOUNTAINS. INLAND PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED TO SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. PERIODS OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALEUTIANS AND BERING SEA WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF ALONG AND ADVANCE OF QUICKLY MOVING OCCLUDED FRONT. .LONG TERM FORECAST... UPPER LEVEL STEERING FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIRECT NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND EASTERN RUSSIA STORMS INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING AND TOWARDS MAINLAND ALASKA. A LARGE RUSSIAN LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF ABOUT 989 MB. LOW IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITS INTENSITY AS IT TRACKS ACROSS THE BERING SEA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. MODELS AGREE ON CARRYING IT TO NEAR KODIAK ISLAND FRIDAY BUT CANNOT AGREE BEYOND 00Z SAT. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. ASB SEP 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Sep 28, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Sep 28, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Sep 28, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 3 days | |
| Sep 28, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Sep 28, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 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.