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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Anchorage, AK

November 15, 2025Aleutians East Borough, Alaska

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high wind warning at Nov 15, 2025, 10:49 PM AKST for Aleutians East Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Nov 16, 2025, 1:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2025, 10:49 PM AKST (07:49 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2025, 1:00 AM AKST
Expired
Nov 16, 2025, 8:00 AM AKST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

County Aleutians East Borough, AK

The nearest sounding before it

Cold Bay, (PCDB), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cold Bay, at 00:00Z on 2025-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cold Bay, at 00:00Z on 2025-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

627 
WWAK72 PAFC 160749
NPWALU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
1049 PM AKST Sat Nov 15 2025

AKZ781-161700-
/O.NEW.PAFC.HW.W.0013.251116T1000Z-251116T1700Z/
Southern Alaska Peninsula-
Including the cities of False Pass, Cold Bay, and Sand Point
1049 PM AKST Sat Nov 15 2025

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM AKST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Southeast winds 45 to 55 mph with gusts up to 75 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Southern Alaska Peninsula.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM AKST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property, and 
  cause power outages. Travel could be difficult. Secure loose 
  objects.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The highest confidence of hitting 75 mph 
  gusts is in Cold Bay, but False Pass and King Cove still could see 
  gusty winds of over 65 mph.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around 
or damaged by the wind. Prepare for the possibility of widespread 
power outages. Use caution if you must drive.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
152 
WWAK72 PAFC 161656
NPWALU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
756 AM AKST Sun Nov 16 2025

AKZ781-161800-
/O.EXP.PAFC.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-251116T1700Z/
Southern Alaska Peninsula-
Including the cities of False Pass, Cold Bay, and Sand Point
756 AM AKST Sun Nov 16 2025

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM AKST THIS MORNING...

Gusty southeast winds have have diminished beneath high wind 
criteria and will continue to decrease throughout the day. 
Therefore, the High Wind has been allowed to expire.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 3:15 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC49 hr
Nov 15, 3:15 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC49 hr
Nov 15, 3:15 PM AKSTStorm WarningAFC24 hr
Nov 15, 3:16 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
Nov 16, 3:28 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC24 hr
Nov 16, 3:28 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC48 hr
Nov 16, 3:48 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC11 hr
Nov 16, 3:48 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC23 hr
Nov 16, 3:48 AM AKSTStorm WarningAFC11 hr
Nov 16, 2:45 PM AKSTBlizzard WarningAFCBethel Census Area12 hr
Nov 16, 2:53 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC25 hr
Nov 16, 2:53 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC25 hr
Nov 16, 2:54 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.