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Coastal Flood Warning
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 224 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...ONE OF THE WORST BERING SEA STORMS ON RECORD WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS AND COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE WEST COAST... A EXTREMELY STRONG STORM CENTERED 500 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AT NOON TODAY WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN TRACK NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA VERY LATE TONIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY THE STORM WILL MOVE NORTHWESTWARD ON A COURSE TOWARDS WRANGEL ISLAND. THIS STORM WILL BE OF EPIC MAGNITUDE RARELY EXPERIENCED OVER WESTERN AND NORTHWEST ALASKA...AND BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING. MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING AND SEVERE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR OVER MANY PARTS OF THE WESTERN ALASKA COASTLINE AND ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. SEA LEVELS ALONG THE COAST FROM CAPE ROMANZOF TO THE BERING STRAIT COAST INCLUDING NORTON SOUND WILL RISE TO AS HIGH AS 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER ALMOST ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN ALASKA...THE NORTHERN BERING SEA...AND THE CHUKCHI SEA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WINDS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA...ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST...AND ALONG THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST. OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA...ST LAWRENCE ISLAND...AND THE BERING STRAIT...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 75 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 90 TO 100 MPH. OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA AND THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST...MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 75 TO 90 MPH ARE EXPECTED. AKZ211-090730- /X.CON.PAFG.CF.W.0004.111109T0000Z-111110T1500Z/ SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN 224 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE COAST INCLUDING THE CITY OF NOME. * IMPACTS...MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING AND SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. SEA LEVELS RISING 7 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL COMBINED WITH HIGH WAVES WILL PUSH WATER ONSHORE AND FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST. ANY SEA ICE THAT IS PRESENT NEAR SHORE WILL BE PUSHED ONSHORE. HIGH SEA LEVELS AND WAVES WILL BACK UP WATER IN THE SNAKE RIVER NEAR THE MOUTH. THIS MAY FLOOD A PORTION OF THE ROAD TO THE NOME AIRPORT. * TIMING...WINDS AND SEAS INCREASING TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 50 TO 60 MPH DURING THE EVENING...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 50 TO 60 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING DIMINISHING TO 35 TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SEA LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 7 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE STARTING TO DECREASE. IN THE NOME AREA...HIGH WAVES TO AROUND 10 FEET DEVELOPING BY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH SEA LEVELS WITH HIGH WAVES WILL PUSH WATER OVER THE SEA WALL AT NOME BEGINNING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT RISING SEA WATER THAT CAUSES FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE STORMS ON RECORD. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...AND BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. DO NOT DELAY IN TAKING NEEDED PRECAUTIONS FOR THIS UNUSUALLY SEVERE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM. && $$
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 322 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011 AKZ211-090830- /X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0034.111109T0300Z-111110T0600Z/ SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN 322 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...10 TO 18 INCHES. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE HILLS * VISIBILITY...VERY POOR IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * WIND...SOUTHEAST INCREASING TO 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH DURING THIS EVENING...BECOMING SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND DIMINISHING TO 35 TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 108 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011 AKZ207>214-090915- CHUKCHI SEA COAST-LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS- ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-YUKON DELTA- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG... NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK... BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR...NOME... WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL... ELIM...KOYUK...SHAKTOOLIK...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION... TELLER...WALES...DIOMEDE...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK... ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY... MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...PITKAS POINT 108 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...ALASKA WEST COAST TO BE HIT BY ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE BERING SEA STORMS ON RECORD... A POWERFUL AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM OF NEAR RECORD OR RECORD MAGNITUDE IS BEARING DOWN ON THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA. AT 9 AM THIS MORNING THE STORM CENTER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THE CENTER MOVING ACROSS THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA TONIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY THE STORM WILL TAKE A NORTHWESTWARD TRACK INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA. THE STORM WILL BRING EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS TO ALL OF THE ALASKA WEST COAST BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BEGINNING THIS EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WEST COAST...ACCOMPANIED BY WIDESPREAD MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING AND SEVERE BEACH EROSION OVER MANY PARTS OF THE COASTLINE. THE WIND WILL PUSH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER INTO NORTON SOUND...RAISING SEA LEVELS TO 7 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN NORTON SOUND AND ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST. THE EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HIGH WAVES WHICH WILL PUSH THE HIGH WATER FARTHER INLAND. OVER THE BERING STRAIT COAST AND ST LAWRENCE ISLAND... SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 75 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS OF 90 TO 100 MPH. ALONG THE CHUKCHI COAST...WIND SPEEDS OF 65 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 90 MPH ARE EXPECTED. IN THE NOME AREA...SUSTAINED WINDS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. ALMOST ALL OTHER AREAS OF THE WEST COAST WILL EXPERIENCE MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 50 TO 60 MPH. WIDESPREAD MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING AND SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 1. THE BERING SEA COAST FROM CAPE ROMANZOF TO POINT ROMANOF...ESPECIALLY THE WEST FACING SHORES. 2. ALL AREAS ALONG THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN SHORE OF NORTON SOUND WESTWARD TO AND INCLUDING THE BERING STRAIT COAST AND LITTLE DIOMEDE ISLAND. 3. SOUTH AND WEST FACING COASTLINE OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. 4. THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN TO POINT HOPE. THIS INCLUDES THE VILLAGES OF NOME AND KIVALINA WHERE MAJOR DAMAGE FROM COASTAL FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED. THE VILLAGE OF SAVOONGA ON THE NORTH SHORE OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL BE PROTECTED FROM COASTAL FLOODING BUT WILL EXPERIENCE EXTREMELY STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH SEA LEVELS IN NORTON SOUND WILL CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MOST AREAS OF THE WESTERN ALASKA MAINLAND...WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SEEK SHELTER NOW AND POSTPONE TRAVEL INTO THE BACK COUNTRY UNTIL THE STORM ABATES. ALL BOAT OPERATORS SHOULD SEEK SAFETY IN PORT IMMEDIATELY IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. IN AREAS WHERE BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED...SMALL BOATS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY SHOULD BE MOVED WELL AWAY FROM THE SHORE AND TO HIGHER GROUND. AGAIN...THIS WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING STORM OF AN EPIC MAGNITUDE RARELY EXPERIENCED. ALL PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SAFEGUARD THEIR LIVES AND PROPERTY. RF $$
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