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High Surf Advisory 6, NWS Anchorage, AK

September 13, 2026Bethel Census Area, Alaska

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this high surf advisory at Sep 13, 2026, 12:09 PM AKDT for Bethel Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Sep 14, 2026, 1:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2026, 12:09 PM AKDT (20:09 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 14, 2026, 1:00 PM AKDT
Expired
Sep 14, 2026, 8:26 AM AKDT
In force
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 20:11 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 Sep 13, 6:12 AM AKDT, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 6:12 AM AKDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 3:40 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC24 hr
Sep 13, 4:49 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC70 hr
Sep 13, 2:36 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC13 hr
Sep 13, 3:54 PM AKDTGale WarningAFC23 hr
Sep 13, 3:54 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC59 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.