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Tsunami Warning 13, NWS AAQ
NWS AAQ issued this tsunami warning at Jul 16, 2025, 12:42 PM AKDT for 4 counties in Alaska. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2025, 12:42 PM AKDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2025, 1:44 PM AKDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS AAQ
Counties Aleutians East Borough, AK, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, Kodiak Island Borough, AK, Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK
The nearest sounding before it
Kodiak, (PADQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
539 WEPA41 PAAQ 162042 TSUWCA BULLETIN Tsunami Message Number 1 NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK 1242 PM AKDT Wed Jul 16 2025 AKZ721>723-729-771>773-781-162142- /O.NEW.PAAQ.TS.W.0013.250716T2042Z-000000T0000Z/ Coastal areas between and including Kennedy Entrance, Alaska (40 miles SW of Homer) to Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska) 1242 PM AKDT Wed Jul 16 2025 ...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF ALASKA FROM KENNEDY ENTRANCE ALASKA, WHICH IS LOCATED 40 MILES SW OF HOMER TO UNIMAK PASS ALASKA, WHICH IS LOCATED 80 MILES NE OF UNALASKA... If you are located in this coastal area, move inland to higher ground. Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant inundation is possible or is already occurring. Tsunamis are a series of waves dangerous many hours after initial arrival time. The first wave may not be the largest. At 1238 PM Alaska Daylight Time on July 16 an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.2 occurred 50 miles south of Sand Point Alaska. Estimated tsunami start times for selected sites are; Sand Point Alaska 116 PM. AKDT. July 16. Cold Bay Alaska 236 PM. AKDT. July 16. Kodiak Alaska 241 PM. AKDT. July 16. The tsunami warning will remain in effect until further notice. Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information. $$
2 follow-up statements
427 WEPA41 PAAQ 162113 TSUWCA BULLETIN Tsunami Message Number 2 NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK 113 PM AKDT Wed Jul 16 2025 AKZ721>723-729-771>773-781-162213- /O.CON.PAAQ.TS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ Coastal areas between and including Kennedy Entrance, Alaska (40 miles SW of Homer) to Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska) 113 PM AKDT Wed Jul 16 2025 ...THE TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF ALASKA FROM KENNEDY ENTRANCE ALASKA, WHICH IS LOCATED 40 MILES SW OF HOMER TO UNIMAK PASS ALASKA, WHICH IS LOCATED 80 MILES NE OF UNALASKA... If you are located in this coastal area, move inland to higher ground. Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant inundation is possible or is already occurring. Tsunamis are a series of waves dangerous many hours after initial arrival time. The first wave may not be the largest. At 1238 PM Alaska Daylight Time on July 16 an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.3 occurred 55 miles south of Sand Point Alaska. Estimated tsunami start times for selected sites are; Sand Point Alaska 130 PM. AKDT. July 16. Cold Bay Alaska 225 PM. AKDT. July 16. Kodiak Alaska 240 PM. AKDT. July 16. The tsunami warning will remain in effect until further notice. Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information. $$
171 WEPA41 PAAQ 162144 TSUWCA BULLETIN Tsunami Message Number 3 NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK 144 PM AKDT Wed Jul 16 2025 AKZ721>723-729-771>773-781-162244- /O.CAN.PAAQ.TS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.PAAQ.TS.Y.0013.250716T2144Z-000000T0000Z/ Coastal areas between and including Kennedy Entrance, Alaska (40 miles SW of Homer) to Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska) 144 PM AKDT Wed Jul 16 2025 ...A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF ALASKA FROM KENNEDY ENTRANCE ALASKA, WHICH IS LOCATED 40 MILES SW OF HOMER TO UNIMAK PASS ALASKA, WHICH IS LOCATED 80 MILES NE OF UNALASKA... If you are located in this coastal area, move off the beach and out of harbors and marinas. Tsunami advisories mean that a tsunami capable of producing strong currents or waves dangerous to persons in or very near the water is expected or is already occurring. Areas in the advisory should not expect widespread inundation. Tsunamis are a series of waves dangerous many hours after initial arrival time. The first wave may not be the largest. At 1238 PM Alaska Daylight Time on July 16 an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.3 occurred 55 miles south of Sand Point Alaska. Estimated tsunami start times for selected sites are; Sand Point Alaska 130 PM. AKDT. July 16. Cold Bay Alaska 225 PM. AKDT. July 16. Kodiak Alaska 240 PM. AKDT. July 16. The tsunami advisory will remain in effect until further notice. Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS AAQ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:44 PM AKDT | Tsunami Advisory | AAQ | Aleutians East, Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island, Lake and Peninsula | 58 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.