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High Wind Watch 39, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 12, 2011

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high wind watch at Dec 12, 2011, 4:48 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 12, 2011, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 16 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2011, 4:48 AM AKST (13:48 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2011, 4:00 PM AKST
Expired: Dec 12, 2011, 4:16 PM AKST
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

626 
WWAK72 PAFC 121348
NPWALU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
448 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

AKZ187-130300-
/X.UPG.PAFC.HW.A.0038.111213T0600Z-111214T0100Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.HW.W.0051.111212T2100Z-111214T0100Z/
CENTRAL ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK
448 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM AKST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM AKST
TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 50 TO 65 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 80 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES DIRECTLY
  OVERHEAD THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND INCREASE ONCE
  MORE TO 55 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND WILL PEAK
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL
  SUBSIDE BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. POWER
  OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ181-130300-
/X.NEW.PAFC.HW.A.0039.111213T0900Z-111213T2100Z/
ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT
448 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. 

* WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 45 TO 60 MPH WITH POSSIBLE
  GUSTS TO 75 MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN END FROM
  WEST TO EAST AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. 

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. POWER
  OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. 

&&

$$

AKZ185-130300-
/X.NEW.PAFC.HW.A.0039.111213T0100Z-111213T0900Z/
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
448 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING. 

* WIND...45 TO 65 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 85 MPH. 

* TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASE AS A FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
  WEST...THEN PEAK AS THE FRONT MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
  THE AREA THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. POWER
  OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. 

&&

$$

AKZ195-130300-
/X.NEW.PAFC.HW.A.0039.111213T0600Z-111213T1500Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
448 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT. 

* WIND...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND 50 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH.

* TIMING...MID EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. POWER
  OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. 

&&

$$

2 follow-up statements

143 
WWAK72 PAFC 122012
NPWALU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1112 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

AKZ185-130915-
/X.UPG.PAFC.HW.A.0039.111213T0100Z-111213T0900Z/
/X.EXB.PAFC.HW.W.0051.111213T0300Z-111213T1200Z/
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
1112 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM
AKST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM AKST
TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND...45 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH.

* TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASE AS A FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
  WEST...THEN PEAK AS THE FRONT MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
  AREA LATE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. POWER
  OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

AKZ195-130915-
/X.UPG.PAFC.HW.A.0039.111213T0600Z-111213T1500Z/
/X.EXB.PAFC.HW.W.0051.111213T0600Z-111213T2100Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
1112 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
AKST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKST
TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND 50 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80
  MPH.

* TIMING...MID EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PEAK WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. POWER
  OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

AKZ187-130915-
/X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0051.111212T2100Z-111214T0100Z/
CENTRAL ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK
1112 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST TUESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST TUESDAY. 

* WIND...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 50 TO 65 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 80 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
  DIRECTLY OVERHEAD THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND
  INCREASE ONCE MORE TO 55 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE
  FRONT. AS THE LOW PASSES OVERHEAD...WINDS WILL BRIEFLY WEAKEN
  CONSIDERABLY BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN. PEAK WINDS WILL BE AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL
  DECREASE TO BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. 
  POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ181-130915-
/X.CON.PAFC.HW.A.0039.111213T0900Z-111213T2100Z/
ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT
1112 AM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. 

* WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 45 TO 60 MPH WITH 
  POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN END 
  FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. 

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. 
  POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW.

&&

$$

105 
WWAK72 PAFC 130116
NPWALU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
416 PM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

AKZ181-130230-
/X.CAN.PAFC.HW.A.0039.111213T0900Z-111213T2100Z/
ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT
416 PM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WATCH. 

WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND
WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED..

$$

AKZ185-131200-
/X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0051.111213T0300Z-111213T1200Z/
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
416 PM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKST TUESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKST TUESDAY. 

* WIND...45 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH.

* TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASE AS A FRONT APPROACHES FROM 
  THE WEST...THEN PEAK AS THE FRONT MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST 
  ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. 
  POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ187-131430-
/X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0051.000000T0000Z-111214T0100Z/
CENTRAL ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK
416 PM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST TUESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST TUESDAY. 

* WIND...WINDS WILL WEAKEN BRIEFLY THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE
  SYSTEM MOVES DIRECTLY OVERHEAD...THEN WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND
  INCREASE ONCE MORE TO 55 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH.

* TIMING...AS THE LOW PASSES OVERHEAD THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL
  BRIEFLY WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN. PEAK WINDS
  WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
  WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 40 TO 55 MPH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. POWER
  OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ195-131430-
/X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0051.111213T0600Z-111213T2100Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
416 PM AKST MON DEC 12 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON AKST TUESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON AKST TUESDAY. 

* WIND...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND 50 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 
  MPH. 

* TIMING...MID EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PEAK WINDS ARE 
  EXPECTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. 
  POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 11, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
Dec 11, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	48 hr
Dec 11, 4:00 PM AKST	Hurricane Force Wind Warning	AFC	48 hr
Dec 11, 4:00 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	3 days
Dec 11, 4:00 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	4 days
Dec 11, 4:04 PM AKST	High Wind Watch	AFC	13 hr
Dec 12, 12:56 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	8 hr
Dec 12, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	5 days
Dec 12, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
Dec 12, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	5 days
Dec 12, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Dec 12, 4:00 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	60 hr
Dec 12, 4:00 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	12 hr
Dec 12, 4:48 AM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFC	31 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.