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Storm Warning 21, NWS Juneau, AK

February 20, 2012

NWS Juneau, AK issued this storm warning at Feb 20, 2012, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 12 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 20, 2012, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2012, 4:00 PM AKST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Juneau, AK

The text

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

832 
FZAK67 PAJK 201250
OFFAJK

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST
ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WINDWAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ398-210100-
400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA...
A LOW IN THE WESTERN GULF WILL MOVE NE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF BY
MON EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN
GULF MON WITH STORM FORCE WINDS AND INTO THE PANHANDLE MON
AFTERNOON. 

$$

PKZ310-210100-
GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES
WEST-
400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 

...STORM WARNING TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12
FT BUILDING TO 20 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 50 DECREASING TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 21 FT BUILDING
TO 28 FT LATE.
.TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 28 FT SUBSIDING TO 18 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. 
.WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. 
.THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 3:28 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAJK14 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK12 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK24 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK24 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK24 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK24 hr
Feb 20, 4:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK12 hr
Feb 20, 4:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK12 hr
Feb 20, 4:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK12 hr
Feb 20, 5:00 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJK21 hr
Feb 20, 12:10 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAJK4 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.