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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high surf advisory at Aug 1, 2026, 4:35 PM AKDT for Bethel Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Aug 2, 2026, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2026, 4:35 PM AKDT (00:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 2, 2026, 4:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2026, 7:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
County Bethel Census Area, AK
The radar
The Bethel radar (PABC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 surf advisory 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 surf advisory went out at Aug 1, 5:41 AM AKDT, 10 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 5:41 AM AKDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:50 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 47 hr | |
| Aug 1, 4:52 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 59 hr | |
| Aug 2, 4:16 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Aug 2, 4:46 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Aug 2, 4:46 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 47 hr | |
| Aug 2, 11:21 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFC | Anchorage Municipality | 47 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:24 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.