Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this high wind warning at Feb 28, 2018, 5:42 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 28, 2018, 11:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 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
- Feb 28, 2018, 5:42 AM AKST (14:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2018, 11:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2018, 11:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted.
261 WWAK77 PAJK 281442 NPWAJK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Juneau AK 542 AM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018 AKZ025-010115- /O.NEW.PAJK.HW.W.0005.180301T0800Z-180302T0800Z/ Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island- Including the city of Juneau 542 AM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM AKST THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Juneau has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from 11 PM this evening to 11 PM AKST Thursday. * LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas. * WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase through day with strongest winds late tonight through Thurday night. * IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats could break loose. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage This statement will be updated by 4 PM AKST Wed or sooner should conditions warrant.. && $$
5 follow-up statements
010 WWAK77 PAJK 010005 NPWAJK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Juneau AK 305 PM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018 AKZ025-010800- /O.CON.PAJK.HW.W.0005.180301T0800Z-180302T0800Z/ Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island- Including the city of Juneau 305 PM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM AKST THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas. * WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this evening with strongest winds late tonight through Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats could break loose. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage This statement will be updated by 11 pm AKST Wednesday or sooner should conditions warrant. && $$
757 WWAK77 PAJK 010724 NPWAJK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Juneau AK 1024 PM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018 AKZ025-011500- /O.CON.PAJK.HW.W.0005.180301T0800Z-180302T0800Z/ Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island- Including the city of Juneau 1024 PM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKST THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas. * WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 mph. * TIMING...Winds will be strongest winds late tonight through Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats could break loose. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage This statement will be updated by 6 AM AKST Thursday or sooner should conditions warrant. && $$
212 WWAK77 PAJK 011421 NPWAJK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Juneau AK 521 AM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018 AKZ025-020100- /O.CON.PAJK.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180302T0800Z/ Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island- Including the city of Juneau 521 AM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas. * WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 mph. * TIMING...Winds will be strongest this afternoon, then diminish late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats could break loose. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage This statement will be updated by 4 PM AKST Thursday or sooner should conditions warrant. && $$
347 WWAK77 PAJK 020018 NPWAJK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Juneau AK 318 PM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018 AKZ025-020800- /O.CON.PAJK.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180302T0800Z/ Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island- Including the city of Juneau 318 PM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas. * WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 mph. * TIMING...Winds will be strongest this evening, then diminish late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats could break loose. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage This statement will be updated by 11 pm AKST Thursday night or sooner should conditions warrant. && $$
656 WWAK77 PAJK 020743 NPWAJK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Juneau AK 1043 PM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018 AKZ025-020845- /O.EXP.PAJK.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180302T0800Z/ Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island- Including the city of Juneau 1043 PM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM AKST THIS EVENING... The gusty Taku winds occurring in downtown Juneau and including West Juneau and Douglas Island have been slowly decreasing. Wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph are expected to persist for the next couple of hours and gusts to 58 mph or higher are not expected to continue. The High Wind Warning will be allowed to expire at 11 PM this evening. A strong wind headline will be mentioned for the remainder of tonight into early Friday morning. This will be the final statement on this event. $$
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 Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 27, 4:15 PM AKST, 13 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 4:15 PM AKST, 13 hours 27 minutes before
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Juneau AK
415 PM AKST Tue Feb 27 2018
.SHORT TERM.../ Tuesday night to Thursday / Weather system coming
into the northeast gulf and northern panhandle was the focus for
todays forecast. There was a blend of the GFS and ECMWF and the
early NAM, for any of the adjustments. . With the low moving up to
the northeast gulf coast looking for northern tier zones to get
2-6 inches though the Haines area to is expected to receive about
5-9 inches of snow. Nearby areas, out to the border on the Haines
Road, and along the Klondike High only expecting 2 to 4 inches of
snow. The Yakutat, Hoonah and Juneau areas should see about 2 to 4
inches as well. Have issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the
coastal area near Cross Sound and a Winter Storm Warning for the
Haines area of Lynn Canal.
Along with this low is band of potential stronger convection so we
are not ruling out the possibility of isolated Thunderstorms
embedded in the shower activity. Mainly of the coastal marine
areas to the coast lines. Am not anticipating it moving inland.
A second wave further south will be moving to the southern Haida
Gwaii area by midday Wednesday and this will sap energy from the
northern system so through Wednesday a stronger outflow of
northerly winds will be picking up and will be seeing drying
conditions through Wednesday night for the panhandle.
Also slowed the cooling down with the north winds out of the
interior more until later Wednesday into Thursday time frame.
.LONG TERM.../Thursday through Tuesday/ As of 10 pm Monday. Dry,
cold, windy weather pattern for the start of the long range
forecast. Strong northerly pressure gradient between low pressure
over Haida Gwaii and high pressure over the Yukon will produce
outflow and northerly winds in the 35 to 40 kt range over the
inner channels. Due to orientation of the gradient not expecting a
Taku wind event for Juneau. Cold arctic airmass with 850 mb temps
in the -15C range will also move over the panhandle due to the
offshore flow. This along with clear skies and radiational cooling
will produce overnight lows in the teens to possible single
digits for the central and northern regions with lows in the 20s
for coastal and southern areas. As the low and Yukon high weaken
and drift to the southeast winds will diminish and temps will
begin to warm slightly. The 500 mb blocking ridge extending from
the N Pacific into the Arctic will last through Saturday keeping
the panhandle dry. Timing of the ridge breaking down is still
uncertain. GFS/Canadian are starting to fall more in line with
allowing a fast moving short wave to over ride a flattening ridge
and bring in next chance of precip Saturday night into Sunday.
Better agreement the ridge will fully break down to more zonal
flow Monday into Tuesday with a return to more moderate
temperatures and wet weather.
With models remaining in good alignment for the early part of the
forecast used only some NAM to nudge up wind speeds. Due to
uncertainty later in the forecast only made minor adjustments
using GFS to increase PoP to slight chance and began to warm
temperatures. If GFS/Canadian/ECMWF start to fall in line as
indicated by newer runs, later forecast will likely need to increase
PoPs Sunday. Forecast confidence is average early on then drops
by the weekend as the ridge breaks down.
&&
.AJK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
PUBLIC...Winter Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 9 AM AKST
Wednesday for AKZ022.
Winter Storm Warning from 9 PM this evening to 9 AM AKST
Wednesday for AKZ019.
Strong Wind until 6 PM AKST this evening for AKZ018.
Strong Wind from Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday
night for AKZ018.
MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ012-013-022-043-051-053.
Small Craft Advisory for PKZ011-021-031>035-041-042-052.
&&
JWA-Bezenek/PRB
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Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:42 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 35 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:48 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:48 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:48 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 48 hr | |
| Feb 28, 4:04 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 72 hr | |
| Feb 28, 4:04 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AJK | 60 hr | |
| Feb 28, 4:06 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 48 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.