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Flood Watch 2, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 16, 2023

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this flood watch at May 16, 2023, 9:54 AM AKDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2023, 9:54 AM AKDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2023, 7:00 PM AKDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 16, 4:42 AM AKDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:42 AM AKDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 8:52 AM AKDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 15, 4:03 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	22 hr
May 15, 4:03 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	22 hr
May 15, 4:11 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	35 hr
May 15, 6:08 PM AKDT	Areal Flood Warning	AFC	15 hr
May 16, 3:06 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	5 days
May 16, 3:12 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	11 hr
May 16, 8:26 AM AKDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AFC	10 hr
May 16, 1:45 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	13 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.