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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 20, 2023

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high wind watch at Jan 20, 2023, 4:29 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 21, 2023, 12:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2023, 4:29 AM AKST (13:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2023, 12:00 PM AKST
Expired: Jan 20, 2023, 3:57 PM AKST
In force
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Jan 19, 5:25 AM AKST, 23 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 5:25 AM AKST, 23 hours 4 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
Jan 19, 3:06 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	5 days
Jan 19, 3:16 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	3 days
Jan 19, 3:19 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	13 hr
Jan 19, 3:19 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	36 hr
Jan 19, 3:24 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	5 days
Jan 19, 3:24 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	13 hr
Jan 19, 3:24 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	13 hr
Jan 19, 9:43 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	23 hr
Jan 20, 4:03 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	48 hr
Jan 20, 4:05 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC	11 hr
Jan 20, 4:05 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	3 days
Jan 20, 4:05 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	48 hr
Jan 20, 4:05 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	35 hr
Jan 20, 4:07 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	59 hr
Jan 20, 4:07 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	5 days
Jan 20, 4:07 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	36 hr
Jan 20, 10:54 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFC	25 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.