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Gale Warning 411, NWS Anchorage, AK

June 9, 2023

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jun 9, 2023, 3:44 PM AKDT. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 9, 2023, 3:44 PM AKDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2023, 4:00 AM AKDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, 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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Jun 9, 5:33 AM AKDT, 10 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 5:33 AM AKDT, 10 hours 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:47 AM AKDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:48 AM AKDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
National Weather Service ANCHORAGE AK
1148 AM AKDT Fri Jun 9 2023

AKZ121-125-171-101400-
Western Kenai Peninsula-Western Prince William Sound-
Kodiak Island-
Including the cities of Kenai, Soldotna, Homer, Cooper Landing,
Whittier, Seward, Girdwood, Moose Pass, and Kodiak City
1148 AM AKDT Fri Jun 9 2023

...UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM TO BRING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...

A strong area of low pressure (982 mb) in the North Pacific will
arrive over the Alaska Peninsula Saturday afternoon. The front
associated with this low will lift northward and extend across the
northern Gulf coast from Kodiak Island to Prince William Sound.

Gusty winds and heavy rain will be the main impacts from this
storm. As the front weakens Sunday night, winds will diminish,
though precipitation is expected to linger across the northern
Gulf through early Monday.

For more information and for your local forecast, please visit
weather.gov/Anchorage.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:45 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Jun 9, 3:57 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC59 hr
Jun 9, 3:57 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC17 hr
Jun 9, 4:00 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC12 hr
Jun 9, 3:27 PM AKDTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Jun 9, 3:27 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC61 hr
Jun 9, 3:36 PM AKDTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Jun 9, 3:44 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
Jun 9, 3:44 PM AKDTStorm WarningAFC36 hr

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Sources

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