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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Anchorage, AK

February 11, 2024

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high wind watch at Feb 11, 2024, 3:26 PM AKST. It took effect at Feb 12, 2024, 12:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2024, 3:26 PM AKST (00:26 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2024, 12:00 PM AKST
Expired
Feb 12, 2024, 5:18 AM 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 Feb 11, 4:54 AM AKST, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 4:54 AM AKST, 10 hours 32 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 11, 1:38 PM AKST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 3:27 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFC12 hr
Feb 11, 3:27 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC25 hr
Feb 11, 3:27 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC12 hr
Feb 11, 3:27 PM AKSTStorm WarningAFC12 hr
Feb 11, 3:27 PM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC25 hr
Feb 11, 3:31 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC60 hr
Feb 11, 3:31 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC9 days
Feb 12, 3:41 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC72 hr
Feb 12, 3:52 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC59 hr
Feb 12, 3:52 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
Feb 12, 3:52 AM AKSTStorm WarningAFC12 hr
Feb 12, 5:18 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFC36 hr
Feb 12, 2:56 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFC12 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.