A 970 mb low in the central Bering Sea was stationary on the 11th and 12th and produced tides about 3 feet above normal and southeast winds to 30 mph with waves 6 to 8 feet over Norton Sound. The State of Alaska Department of Transportation reported that Mile 22 on the road from Nome to Council was washed out, with water overflowing at mile 23 and 24.
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 episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
A 970 mb low in the central Bering Sea was stationary on the 11th and 12th and produced tides about 3 feet above normal and southeast winds to 30 mph with waves 6 to 8 feet over Norton Sound. The State of Alaska Department of Transportation reported that Mile 22 on the road from Nome to Council was washed out, with water overflowing at mile 23 and 24. The DOT reported the cost to repair the road at $12,063.50.
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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 11, 8:29 AM AKST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 229 PM ADT TUE SEP 11 2007 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR: A 519 DM LOW OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTH. BY THU EVENING THE LOW WILL BE 528 DM OVER EASTERN RUSSIA. A RIDGE WITH AXIS EXTENDING NORTH FROM THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA TO NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE EASTWARD AS SHORTWAVES ROTATE EASTWARD AROUND THE LOW. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON LOW PRESSURE WILL BE DEEPENING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. SURFACE: A 975 MB LOW OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL ROTATE NORTHWARD OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THURSDAY MORNING THEN WEAKEN TO 991 MB AS IT MOVES NORTH OF RUSSIA THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER LOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DIRECTLY UNDER UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA ON SATURDAY. NORTH SLOPE: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE OVER THE BERING SEA COMBINED WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC OCEAN. THIS WILL MEAN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE MARINE AREAS. SHOWERS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PROGRESSES EASTWARD. WEST COAST: STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST THROUGH THURSDAY AS BERING SEA LOW SLOWLY WEAKENS AND MOVES NORTH. WATER ON THE NOME-COUNCIL ROAD BETWEEN MILE MARKER 23 AND 24 HAS MADE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THE ROAD WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING AS WAVES CUT A DITCH THROUGH THE ROAD. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORT SAFETY TO SOLOMON UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE KIVALINA AREA WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE EROSION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. INTERIOR: SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE BERING SEA WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...THEN THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN INTERIOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF A BERING SEA LOW...CHINOOK WINDS OVER THE ALASKA RANGE WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH ON FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH TO OVER EASTERN RUSSIA AND WEAKENS. THE KIVALINA AREA WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE EROSION DUE TO SOUTH WINDS OVER THE WATERS FROM WALES TO CAPE LISBURNE. MODELS SHOW ANOTHER LOW INTENSIFYING OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL BERING SEA ON SAT. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE ANY COASTAL HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL BE BEYOND THE DAY 4 TIME FRAME. && .FIRE WEATHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE. THIS DROP COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL QUICKLY RECOVER TO ABOVE 30 PERCENT WEDNESDAY EVENING. && .HYDROLOGY...NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AKZ226. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. && SEP 07 DA
1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Alaska DOT reported washout of portion of the road at mile post 22 on Nome-Council road and water overflowing the road between mile 23 and 24 on the same road.
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