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Small Craft Advisory 1044, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 29, 2018

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Dec 29, 2018, 4:08 PM AKST. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2018, 4:08 PM AKST (01:08 UTC)
Expired: Dec 31, 2018, 5:15 PM AKST
In force: 49 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Dec 29, 6:17 AM AKST, 9 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 6:17 AM AKST, 9 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 29, 10:50 AM AKST, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 29, 11:38 AM AKST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 29, 11:44 AM AKST, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 29, 12:00 PM AKST, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 29, 12:46 PM AKST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1246 PM AKST SAT DEC 29 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSE COLD BAY          55.20N 162.72W
12/29/2018  M79 MPH          ALEUTIANS EAST     AK   ASOS

            64 MPH SUSTAINED GUSTING TO 79 MPH. 1/4SM
            VISIBILITY WITH HEAVY SNOW. WINDS OUT OF THE
            SE (150).

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 29, 4:08 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	49 hr
Dec 29, 4:08 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	49 hr
Dec 29, 4:20 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	11 hr
Dec 29, 4:20 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	11 hr
Dec 29, 4:27 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	49 hr
Dec 29, 4:27 PM AKST	Hurricane Force Wind Warning	AFC	35 hr
Dec 29, 4:27 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	11 hr
Dec 29, 4:27 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	35 hr
Dec 29, 4:31 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFC	12 hr
Dec 29, 4:31 PM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFC	36 hr
Dec 30, 3:43 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	38 hr
Dec 30, 3:44 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	37 hr
Dec 30, 3:44 AM AKST	Hurricane Force Wind Warning	AFC	24 hr
Dec 30, 3:44 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	13 hr
Dec 30, 3:58 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Dec 30, 3:58 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	37 hr
Dec 30, 4:16 AM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFC	26 hr
Dec 30, 4:55 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFC	28 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.