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Gale Warning 304, NWS Juneau, AK

December 2, 2020

NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 2, 2020, 3:18 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Dec 2, 2020, 3:18 PM AKST (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 3, 2020, 4:03 AM AKST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Juneau, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Dec 2, 6:37 AM AKST, 8 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 6:37 AM AKST, 8 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 2, 10:40 AM AKST, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 2, 10:41 AM AKST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1041 AM AKST WED DEC 2 2020

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

0400 PM     HEAVY SNOW       SKAGWAY                 59.46N 135.31W
12/01/2020  E12.0 INCH       SKAGWAY            AK   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            12 INCHES OF SLUSH REPORTED IN TOWN.

&&

JS

Local storm report, Dec 2, 10:44 AM AKST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1044 AM AKST WED DEC 2 2020

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

0400 PM     HEAVY SNOW       WHITE PASS              59.63N 135.16W
12/01/2020  E36.0 INCH       SKAGWAY            AK   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            36 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ESTIMATED BY ALASKA
            DOT.

&&

JS

Local storm report, Dec 2, 10:45 AM AKST, 4 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1045 AM AKST WED DEC 2 2020

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

0400 PM     HEAVY SNOW       3 SSW WHITE PASS        59.59N 135.19W
12/01/2020  E28.0 INCH       SKAGWAY            AK   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            28 INCHES OF HEAVY SNOW ESTIMATED BY ALASKA
            DOT.

&&

JS

Local storm report, Dec 2, 2:13 PM AKST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
213 PM AKST WED DEC 2 2020

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

0624 PM     FLOOD            4 NW JUNEAU             58.34N 134.49W
12/01/2020                   JUNEAU             AK   PUBLIC

            ADDITION TO EARLIER REPORT MENTIONING
            HEATING OIL TANK BEING OVERTURNED BY A SMALL
            MUDSLIDE. MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES
            DAMAGED BY DEBRIS FLOW.

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Local storm report, Dec 2, 2:57 PM AKST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
257 PM AKST WED DEC 2 2020

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

0221 PM     FLOOD            9 S PETERSBURG          56.68N 132.92W
12/01/2020                   PETERSBURG CENSUS AAK   MESONET

            FALLS CREEK NEAR PETERSBURG FLSA2 REPORTED A
            CREST OF 24.28 FEET.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 2, 3:38 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	7 days
Dec 2, 4:04 PM AKST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AJK	6 hr
Dec 3, 4:03 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	24 hr
Dec 3, 4:03 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	60 hr
Dec 3, 4:16 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	11 hr

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Sources

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