Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2011
Storm Warning 82, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this storm warning at Feb 23, 2011, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 5 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
- Feb 23, 2011, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2011, 9:15 AM AKST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935 FZAK52 PAFC 231218 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-240300- 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 980 MB LOW 325 NM S OF SHEMYA THIS MORNING WILL DEEPEN TO 970 MB THU MORNING AS IT MOVES TO 450 NM N OF AMCHITKA. IT WILL THEN WEAKEN TO 978 MB THU AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF ANADYR. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TODAY. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS THU. $$ PKZ150-240300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ155-240300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ160-240300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. .THU...SE WIND 40 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ165-240300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. GUSTS TO 55 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...S WIND 40 KT. GUSTS TO 55 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ180-240300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 35 KT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. .THU...S WIND 45 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ170-240300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ171-240300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-240300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ175-240300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 55 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 50 KT BECOMING W 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ176-240300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 65 KT...EXCEPT SE WIND 55 KT EAST OF SHEMYA. SEAS 23 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF KISKA. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 60 KT DIMINISHING TO W 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 23 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 27 FT. $$ PKZ185-240300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT AND THU...S WIND 50 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 26 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 18 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 17 FT. $$ PKZ179-240300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 15 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
084 FZAK52 PAFC 231817 CCA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 915 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 CORRECTED AREA 176 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-240300- 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 980 MB LOW 325 NM S OF SHEMYA THIS MORNING WILL DEEPEN TO 970 MB THU MORNING AS IT MOVES TO 450 NM N OF AMCHITKA. IT WILL THEN WEAKEN TO 978 MB THU AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF ANADYR. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TODAY. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS THU. $$ PKZ150-240300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ155-240300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ160-240300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. .THU...SE WIND 40 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ165-240300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. GUSTS TO 55 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...S WIND 40 KT. GUSTS TO 55 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ180-240300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 35 KT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. .THU...S WIND 45 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ170-240300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ171-240300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-240300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ175-240300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 55 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 50 KT BECOMING W 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ176-240300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 500 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 65 KT...EXCEPT SE WIND 55 KT EAST OF SHEMYA. SEAS 23 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF KISKA. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 60 KT DIMINISHING TO W 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 23 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 27 FT. $$ PKZ185-240300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT AND THU...S WIND 50 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 26 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 18 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 17 FT. $$ PKZ179-240300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST WED FEB 23 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 15 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Feb 22, 4:00 PM AKST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 22, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Feb 22, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 22, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Feb 22, 4:01 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 23, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 23, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Feb 23, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Feb 23, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 5 days | |
| Feb 23, 4:16 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 8 hr | |
| Feb 23, 9:15 AM AKST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Feb 23, 12:42 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 6 hr |
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