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High Wind Watch 9, NWS Juneau, AK

December 21, 2023Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and Borough, Alaska

NWS Juneau, AK issued this high wind watch at Dec 21, 2023, 12:24 PM AKST for Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Dec 23, 2023, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2023, 12:24 PM AKST (21:24 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2023, 9:00 AM AKST
Expired
Dec 22, 2023, 3:05 PM AKST
In force
Issued by
NWS Juneau, AK

Counties Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK, Sitka City and Borough, AK

The radar

The Sitka radar (PACG), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 3:26 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK24 hr
Dec 20, 7:57 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAJKHaines10 hr
Dec 21, 3:44 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK24 hr
Dec 21, 3:45 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK48 hr
Dec 21, 12:23 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKHaines, Skagway Municipality27 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.