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Small Craft Advisory 786, NWS Juneau, AK

December 19, 2012

NWS Juneau, AK issued this small craft advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 12:38 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2012, 12:38 PM AKST (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Dec 19, 2012, 4:00 PM AKST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Juneau, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Dec 19, 6:45 AM AKST, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 6:45 AM AKST, 5 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 19, 10:19 AM AKST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1019 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0939 AM     BLIZZARD         14 NE SKAGWAY           59.62N 135.05W
12/19/2012                   XXX                XX   UNKNOWN

            ALASKA DOT REPORTS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM 10 MILE TO
            THE BORDER ON THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY. NORTHEAST WIND 40 MPH
            IS CREATING MODERATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
            VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO 500 FEET.

0939 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST SKAGWAY                 59.48N 135.33W
12/19/2012  M68.00 MPH                          AK   ASOS

            AT 511 AM A WIND GUST OF 68 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE
            SKAGWAY AIRPORT. FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 60 MPH BEGAN
            OCCURRING AROUND 2 AM THIS MORNING.

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TPS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 18, 3:54 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AJK	9 hr
Dec 18, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	24 hr
Dec 18, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	24 hr
Dec 18, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	24 hr
Dec 18, 4:00 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AJK	24 hr
Dec 18, 4:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AJK	24 hr
Dec 19, 12:54 AM AKST	High Wind Warning	AJK	8 hr
Dec 19, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	12 hr
Dec 19, 4:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AJK	12 hr
Dec 19, 8:52 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AJK	44 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Alaska, 2012 Every small craft advisory in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.