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High Wind Watch 13, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high wind watch at Sep 23, 2013, 5:01 AM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 24, 2013, 2:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2013, 5:01 AM AKDT (13:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2013, 2:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2013, 4:22 PM AKDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
236 WWAK72 PAFC 231301 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 501 AM AKDT MON SEP 23 2013 ...EARLY AUTUMN STORM TO TAKE AIM AT THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE TO NEAR ADAK LATE THIS EVENING AND STRENGTHEN MARKEDLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS IT TRACKS TO JUST SOUTH OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS ON TUESDAY. THIS LOW LOOKS TO BRING VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AKZ185-240215- /X.NEW.PAFC.HW.A.0013.130924T2200Z-130925T0700Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 501 AM AKDT MON SEP 23 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS ISLANDS INCLUDING UNALASKA. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 50 TO 60 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 85 MPH. * TIMING...THE PASSAGE OF A WEATHER FRONT TUESDAY MORNING WILL USHER IN A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND MAY 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. && $$ JAM
2 follow-up statements
518 WWAK72 PAFC 232357 NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 357 PM AKDT MON SEP 23 2013 ...EARLY AUTUMN STORM TO TAKE AIM AT THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE TO NEAR ADAK LATE THIS EVENING AND STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS IT TRACKS TO JUST SOUTH OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS LATE TUESDAY. THIS LOW LOOKS TO BRING VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AKZ185-241400- /X.UPG.PAFC.HW.A.0013.130924T2200Z-130925T0700Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.HW.W.0014.130924T1900Z-130925T0800Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 357 PM AKDT MON SEP 23 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS ISLANDS INCLUDING UNALASKA. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH INCREASING TO 75 MPH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THE PASSAGE OF A WEATHER FRONT TUESDAY MORNING WILL USHER IN A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND MAY DAMAGE PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ181-241400- /X.NEW.PAFC.HW.A.0014.130925T0300Z-130925T1500Z/ ALASKA PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT 357 PM AKDT MON SEP 23 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 50 TO 60 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...THE PASSAGE OF A WEATHER FRONT TUESDAY EVENING WILL USHER IN A PERIOD WHERE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND MAY 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. && $$
442 WWAK72 PAFC 240024 CCA NPWALU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 422 PM AKDT MON SEP 23 2013 ...EARLY AUTUMN STORM TO TAKE AIM AT THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE TO NEAR ADAK LATE THIS EVENING AND STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS IT TRACKS TO JUST SOUTH OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS LATE TUESDAY. THIS LOW LOOKS TO BRING VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AKZ185-241445- /X.UPG.PAFC.HW.A.0013.130924T2200Z-130925T0700Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.HW.W.0014.130924T1900Z-130925T0800Z/ EASTERN ALEUTIANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI 422 PM AKDT MON SEP 23 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS ISLANDS INCLUDING UNALASKA. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH INCREASING TO 75 MPH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THE PASSAGE OF A WEATHER FRONT TUESDAY MORNING WILL USHER IN A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND MAY DAMAGE PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ181-241445- /X.COR.PAFC.HW.A.0014.130925T0300Z-130925T1500Z/ ALASKA PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT 422 PM AKDT MON SEP 23 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 50 TO 60 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...THE PASSAGE OF A WEATHER FRONT TUESDAY EVENING WILL USHER IN A PERIOD WHERE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS AND MAY 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Sep 22, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 5 days | |
| Sep 22, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 5 days | |
| Sep 22, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 22, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 22, 4:00 PM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Sep 23, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Sep 23, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Sep 23, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Sep 23, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 23, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 23, 3:57 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 13 hr | |
| Sep 23, 3:57 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | 24 hr |
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Sources
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