Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2016
Storm Warning 186, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this storm warning at Dec 17, 2016, 3:33 PM AKST. It was in force for 36 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
- Dec 17, 2016, 3:33 PM AKST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2016, 3:39 AM AKST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted.
714 FZAK61 PAFC 180033 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 333 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2016 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W 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. PKZ399-181500- 333 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A STRONG FRONT ENTERS THE SOUTHWEST GULF TONIGHT. A 964 MB LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THIS FRONT SUN MORNING AT 58N 153W...MOVES TO 60N 146W AT 971 MB SUN NIGHT...THEN MOVES INLAND NEAR 60N 146W LATE SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ351-181500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W- 333 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...STORM WARNING SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING SE 30 TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 TO 45 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT BUILDING TO 16 TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 45 TO 60 KT. SEAS 20 TO 34 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 14 TO 29 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 15 TO 23 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...W WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 13 TO 21 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT. $$ PKZ352-181500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W- 333 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...STORM WARNING SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 25 KT BECOMING SE 25 TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 30 TO 45 KT INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 TO 22 FT BUILDING TO 21 TO 27 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 40 TO 55 KT. SEAS 26 TO 32 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 TO 45 KT. SEAS 21 TO 28 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 30 TO 45 KT. SEAS 20 TO 27 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 19 TO 29 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 14 TO 21 FT. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. $$
3 follow-up statements
338 FZAK61 PAFC 181221 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 321 AM AKST SUN DEC 18 2016 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ399-190145- 321 AM AKST SUN DEC 18 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A STRONG FRONT OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF DEVELOPS A 964 MB LOW ALONG IT AT 58N 152W LATE THIS MORNING...WHICH MOVES TO 60N 145W AT 968 MB LATE TONIGHT...THEN MOVES INLAND AND DISSIPATES. ANOTHER 980 MB LOW MOVES TO 56N 147W MON MORNING...THEN MAINTAINS STRENGTH AS IT MOVES TO 60N 143W BY MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ351-190145- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W- 321 AM AKST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 TO 45 KT BECOMING SW 30 TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 TO 21 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 40 TO 55 KT. SEAS 20 TO 33 FT. WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...SW WIND 20 TO 35 KT. SEAS 15 TO 28 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 14 TO 22 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...W WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 20 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. $$ PKZ352-190145- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W- 321 AM AKST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 TO 45 KT INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 TO 23 FT BUILDING TO 22 TO 29 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 TO 50 KT. SEAS 27 TO 32 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 20 TO 27 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 19 TO 26 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...W WIND 20 TO 35 KT. SEAS 15 TO 26 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 16 FT. $$
891 FZAK61 PAFC 190026 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 326 PM AKST SUN DEC 18 2016 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W 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. PKZ399-191530- 326 PM AKST SUN DEC 18 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A 964 MB LOW NEAR 58N 151W MOVES TO 60N 146W AT 970 MB LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE MOVING INLAND. A 978 MB LOW MOVES DEVELOPS NEAR 55N 155W LATE TONIGHT AND MOVES TO 58N 148W AT 976 MB MON AFTERNOON...THEN MOVES INLAND NEAR 60N 145W TUE NIGHT. A 980 MB LOW NEAR 54N 154W LATE MON NIGHT MOVES TO 58N 142W TUE AFTERNOON AND MAINTAINS STRENGTH. $$ PKZ351-191530- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W- 326 PM AKST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 40 TO 55 KT. SEAS 19 TO 29 FT BUILDING TO 25 TO 33 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...S WIND 20 TO 35 KT BECOMING W TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 16 TO 31 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 TO 35 KT. SEAS 14 TO 22 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE...SW WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 19 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 17 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...W WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT. .FRI...W WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 10 FT. $$ PKZ352-191530- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W- 326 PM AKST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 27 TO 33 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...SW WIND 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 20 TO 29 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 TO 35 KT. SEAS 19 TO 26 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE...SW WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 16 TO 22 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 15 TO 22 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...W WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 17 FT. $$
604 FZAK61 PAFC 191239 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 339 AM AKST MON DEC 19 2016 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ399-200145- 339 AM AKST MON DEC 19 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A 971 MB LOW NEAR 60N 145W MOVES INLAND AND DISSIPATES THIS MORNING. A FRONT ENTERS THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF LATE TONIGHT AND MOVES TO THE NORTHEASTERN GULF BY TUE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER LOW FORMS AT 59N 149W LATE TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ351-200145- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W- 339 AM AKST MON DEC 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 TO 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 TO 29 FT. WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 TO 20 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 20 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 12 TO 16 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...W WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 16 FT. .FRI...W WIND UP TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 9 FT. $$ PKZ352-200145- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W- 339 AM AKST MON DEC 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 18 TO 28 FT. WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 17 TO 26 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE...SW WIND 20 TO 35 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 TO 23 FT. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 16 TO 21 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...W WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 19 FT. .FRI...W WIND UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 10 FT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 3:30 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:30 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:30 PM AKST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:30 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 3 days | |
| Dec 17, 3:30 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:33 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:33 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:33 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:04 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:04 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 5 days | |
| Dec 18, 3:04 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:24 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:24 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 37 hr |
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