1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 5, 9:00 PM AST, 3 hours earlier.
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION 900 PM AST WED MAR 5 2003 .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES ITS HOLD OVER MAINLAND ALASKA AND A WEAK TROUGH CONTINUES OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. N/S PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS FAIRLY STRONG OVER THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND. PRESSURE DRIVEN GAP AND ENHANCED DRAINAGE FLOWS ARE EVIDENT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND NORTH GULF COAST. WIND WARNING CONDITIONS LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET TOWARD MORNING FOR VALDEZ AND VICINITY AS 500MB NORTHERLY JET MOVES OVER THE NORTH GULF COAST. GRADIENT WEAKEN SOME LATER THU. GENERALLY DRY AND COOL CONTINUES WILL CONTINUE OVER MAINLAND FORECAST AREAS THROUGH FRI. AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS LIKELY CONTINUING ALONG THE BERING SEA SIDE OF THE AK PEN AND ALEUTIANS. .AFC...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...WIND WARNING 131. MARINE...GALES 2C. RMC MAR 03
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong northeasterly winds were observed near the Matanuska River drainage, a result of strong high pressure in the interior and a weak trough in Prince William Sound.
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