Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 12, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high wind warning at Sep 20, 2013, 11:09 AM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 20, 2013, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 6 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 20, 2013, 11:09 AM AKDT (19:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 20, 2013, 4:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2013, 10:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
276 WWAK72 PAFC 201909 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1109 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE ALEUTIANS STARTING TONIGHT... .A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING TO EASTERN ALEUTIANS MOVES RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA ON SATURDAY. VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF THIS CENTER AS IT TRACKS TOWARD THE GULF. AKZ185-210600- /X.NEW.PAFC.HW.W.0012.130921T0000Z-130921T0600Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 1109 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...EASTERN ALEUTIANS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. 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. && $$ AKZ181-211415- /X.NEW.PAFC.HW.A.0012.130922T0300Z-130922T1500Z/ ALASKA PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT 1109 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...ALASKA PENINSULA * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 55 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. && $$
4 follow-up statements
941 WWAK72 PAFC 202312 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 312 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE ALEUTIANS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA ON SATURDAY. VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF THIS CENTER AS IT TRACKS TOWARD THE GULF. AKZ185-210600- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0012.130921T0000Z-130921T0600Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 312 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...EASTERN ALEUTIANS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. 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. && $$ AKZ181-211400- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.A.0012.130922T0300Z-130922T1500Z/ ALASKA PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT 312 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...ALASKA PENINSULA * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 55 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. && $$
255 WWAK72 PAFC 202359 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 359 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE ALEUTIANS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA ON SATURDAY. VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF THIS CENTER AS IT TRACKS TOWARD THE GULF TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AKZ185-210600- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0012.130921T0000Z-130921T0600Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 359 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...EASTERN ALEUTIANS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. 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. && $$ AKZ181-211300- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.A.0012.130922T0300Z-130922T1500Z/ ALASKA PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT 359 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...ALASKA PENINSULA * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 55 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. && $$
766 WWAK72 PAFC 210202 CCA NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 601 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE ALEUTIANS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA ON SATURDAY. VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF THIS CENTER AS IT TRACKS TOWARD THE GULF TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AKZ185-210600- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130921T0600Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 601 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...EASTERN ALEUTIANS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. 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. && $$ AKZ181-211530- /X.COR.PAFC.HW.A.0012.130922T0300Z-130922T1500Z/ ALASKA PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT 601 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...ALASKA PENINSULA * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 55 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. && $$
910 WWAK72 PAFC 210615 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1015 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 AKZ185-210715- /X.EXP.PAFC.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130921T0600Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 1015 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE PAST AS THE STORM HAS TRACKED TO THE EAST. $$ AKZ181-211915- /X.CON.PAFC.HW.A.0012.130922T0300Z-130922T1500Z/ ALASKA PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT 1015 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...ALASKA PENINSULA * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 55 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Sep 20, 5:00 AM AKDT, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 5:00 AM AKDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
500 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
THE MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTH PACIFIC LOW IN THE
EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA. THIS LOW TRACKS TOWARDS YAKUTAT THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVES INLAND IN THE EVENING. THE MODELS ARE HANDLING
THE BERING SEA LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BETTER WITH THE LOW TRACKING
PARALLEL WITH THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN BEFORE CROSSING THE EASTERN
ALEUTIANS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE LOW RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES BY FRIDAY
MIDDAY WHICH WILL PRODUCE GALE/STORM FORCE WINDS FOR THE CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS. THE GFS/EC MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT BUT THE NAM IS THE
OUTLIER FOR THE TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS. THE FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS
HIGH THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
AN AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN
ALEUTIANS. THIS IS PRODUCING NORTHWEST FLOW AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. THE SATELLITE IMAGERY REFLECTS THE
DRIER STABLE CONDITIONS WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES. THE JET STREAK IS
CHARACTERIZED BY ZONAL FLOW THROUGH THE ALEUTIANS WITH THE JET CORE
AT 135 KNOTS. THE LOW IN THE BERING SEA HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED THIS
MORNING SOUTHWEST OF PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THE SATELLITE IMAGERY IS
REFLECTING A LARGE SWATH OF MOISTURE WITH A CLOUD SHIELD STREAMING
THROUGH THE WESTERN/CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TOWARDS THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...
THE MAJORITY OF SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA WILL HAVE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
BEFORE INCREASING OF CLOUDS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE CLEAR SKIES
OVERNIGHT AIDED IN THE FREEZE WARNING FOR THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AND THE
MATANUSKA SUSITNA VALLEY REGION...THIS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING
WITH THE MORNING SUNRISE. THE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE AS COLD FOR
SATURDAY WITH THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER AS THE NORTH PACIFIC LOW
TRACKS CLOSER TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WITH THE CLOUD SHIELD
SPREADING INTO THE SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA REGION.
SOUTHWEST ALASKA...
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL DOMINATE TODAY AS THE RIDGE MOVES EASTWARD
THROUGH THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A SOUTHEAST
FLOW THIS AFTERNOON WITH A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING THE
REGION. THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD STRATUS AND RAIN ALONG THE ALASKA
PENINSULA AND THE WESTERN CAPES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.
THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS DEVELOPED THIS MORNING JUST NORTHEAST OF
KISKA. THIS SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AS IT TRACKS
SOUTH OF PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THERE WILL WIDESPREAD STRATUS AND RAIN
WITH GALE/STORM FORCE WINDS. BY SATURDAY MORNING THE LOW WILL CROSS
THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN END OF KODIAK. BY SATURDAY
WITH THE PREDOMINATE NORTHWEST FLOW THERE WILL BE STRONG GAP WINDS
FOR THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
FOR NEXT WEEK A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BE POSITIVE TILTED THROUGH THE
BERING SEA AS A CUTOFF LOW FORMS OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS. THERE
WILL BE A STRONG MERIDONAL JET STREAK OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WITH
A AMPLIFIED RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WHICH WILL GRADUALLY
MOVE EASTWARD. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL ALLOW STORMS TO KEEP
TRACKING THROUGH THE BERING SEA BEFORE CROSSING INTO THE GULF OF
ALASKA.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...FREEZE WARNING 101 111
MARINE...GALE 130 132 136 137 138 140 150 160 175 176
STORM 120 155 165 170 171 172
FIRE WEATHER...NONE
PLD SEP 13The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 19, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 19, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 6 days | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Sep 20, 11:09 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 18 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.