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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Anchorage, AK
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 49 hr | |
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 49 hr | |
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 15, 3:16 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Nov 16, 3:28 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 16, 3:28 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Nov 16, 3:48 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Nov 16, 3:48 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 23 hr | |
| Nov 16, 3:48 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Nov 16, 2:45 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 12 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:53 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 25 hr | |
| Nov 16, 2:53 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 25 hr | |
| Nov 16, 2:54 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 25 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.