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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Juneau, AK

March 5, 2025Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska

NWS Juneau, AK issued this high wind watch at Mar 5, 2025, 3:16 PM AKST for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Mar 7, 2025, 3:00 AM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2025, 3:16 PM AKST (00:16 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2025, 3:00 AM AKST
Expired
Mar 6, 2025, 1:44 PM AKST
In force
Issued by
NWS Juneau, AK

County Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK

The radar

The Sitka radar (PACG), 219 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Mar 5, 3:11 PM AKST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:11 PM AKST, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 3:16 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKHaines, Skagway Municipality51 hr
Mar 6, 3:24 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK35 hr
Mar 6, 3:25 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK59 hr
Mar 6, 3:28 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK29 hr
Mar 6, 3:28 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK3 days
Mar 6, 3:47 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK35 hr
Mar 6, 3:47 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK59 hr
Mar 6, 7:41 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK31 hr
Mar 6, 1:39 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK30 hr
Mar 6, 1:39 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK25 hr
Mar 6, 1:44 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area22 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.