Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2014
Storm Warning 3, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this storm warning at Jan 3, 2014, 11:10 AM AKST. It was in force for 17 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
- Jan 3, 2014, 11:10 AM AKST (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2014, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926 FZAK62 PAFC 032011 AAA OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1110 AM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 UPDATED ZONE 411 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA 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. PKZ499-040300- 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A 996 MB LOW NEAR HOOPER BAY MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NORTON SOUND AND DISSIPATES THIS AFTERNOON. A 968 MB LOW NEAR 50N 175E PEAKS AT 957 MB AS IT MOVES NORTH AND WEST TO NEAR 55N 172E THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVES WEST TO NEAR KAMCHATKA WHILE WEAKENING TO 971 MB SAT AFTERNOON. A 982 MB COMPLEX LOW NEAR 49N 160W FRI AFTERNOON REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SAT MORNING WHILE STRENGTHENING TO 975 MB...THEN MOVES NORTH AND WEST TO NEAR 56N 168W LATE SAT NIGHT. A 967 MB LOW DEVELOPS NEAR 49N 168E SAT EVENING AND STRENGTHENS TO 964 MB LATE SAT NIGHT WHILE REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. $$ PKZ411-040300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 1110 AM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E TO SE WIND 40 TO 50 KT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 TO 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON AND TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ412-040300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 16 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ413-040300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING N 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ414-040300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
019 FZAK62 PAFC 040020 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ499-041500- 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A 980 MB LOW NEAR 49N 158W WILL STRENGTHEN TO 971 MB AND MOVE TO 52N 161W SAT MORNING. THIS LOW WILL THEN WEAKEN TO 978 MB AND MOVE TO 58N 170W SUN AFTERNOON. A 965 MB LOW NEAR 55N 172E WILL WEAKEN AS IT TRACKS TO THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA SAT NIGHT. ANOTHER LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC WILL TRACK TO 50N 169E SAT NIGHT AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ON SUN. $$ PKZ411-041500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 TO 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 TO 22 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 35 TO 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT SUBSIDING TO 14 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ412-041500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 14 TO 18 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 TO 30 KT BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ413-041500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 TO 16 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING NE 20 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ414-041500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 13 TO 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 TO 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
515 FZAK62 PAFC 041231 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA 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. PKZ499-050300- 400 AM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A 972 MB LOW NEAR 50N 161W WEAKENS TO 978 MB AS IT MOVES TO 57N 162W EARLY SUN MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING. A 977 MB LOW DEVELOPS NEAR 57N 167W EARLY SUN MORNING AND MOVES TO NEAR 59N 174W LATE SUN NIGHT. A 962 MB LOW NEAR 55N 167E CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD KAMCHATKA WHILE WEAKENING TODAY. A STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST PACIFIC LOW MOVES TO NEAR 49N 170E AT 969 MB SAT EVENING...THEN DRIFTS EAST TO NEAR 49N 174E AT 965 MB SUN NIGHT. A 978 MB LOW FORMS NEAR 48N 177W SUN MORNING AND STRENGTHENS TO 967 MB NEAR 51N 173W SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ411-050300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 AM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ412-050300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 .TODAY...E WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ413-050300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 .TODAY...SE WIND 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ414-050300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...N TO W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Jan 3, 5:04 AM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 3, 11:05 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 5 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.