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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Juneau, AK

October 8, 2023Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska

NWS Juneau, AK issued this high wind watch at Oct 8, 2023, 10:21 AM AKDT for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Oct 8, 2023, 7:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 8, 2023, 10:21 AM AKDT (18:21 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 8, 2023, 7:00 PM AKDT
Expired: Oct 9, 2023, 3:56 AM AKDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Juneau, AK

County Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK

The radar

The Sitka radar (PACG), 219 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Oct 8, 6:32 AM AKDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 6:32 AM AKDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 7, 5:20 PM AKDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AJK	Skagway Municipality	17 hr
Oct 7, 9:53 PM AKDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AJK	Juneau City and	20 hr
Oct 7, 10:37 PM AKDT	Special Marine Warning	AJK		68 min
Oct 7, 11:31 PM AKDT	Special Marine Warning	AJK		59 min
Oct 8, 4:27 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AJK		47 hr
Oct 8, 4:27 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AJK		24 hr
Oct 8, 4:32 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AJK		11 hr
Oct 8, 3:06 PM AKDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AJK	Juneau City and	7 hr
Oct 8, 3:08 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AJK		37 hr
Oct 8, 3:08 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AJK		37 hr
Oct 8, 3:08 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AJK		37 hr
Oct 8, 3:08 PM AKDT	Storm Warning	AJK		13 hr
Oct 8, 3:09 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AJK		37 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.