Special Weather Statement
NWS Juneau AK ยท US
Details
A Line Of Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southern Inner Channels Until 10 PM AKDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 904 PM AKDT, Satellite imagery was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 21 miles southwest of Metlakatla to 16 miles north of Tree Point, or extending from 21 miles southwest of Metlakatla to 12 miles east of Mary Island, moving north at 30 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Ketchikan, Mary Island, Metlakatla, Tree Point, Saxman, Duke Island, Ward Cove and Annette.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Annette Island
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Juneau AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~47s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M36ADVF70G9HA508FEYV2N6A
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.be42b7d6a1bb2b1272be358148a480017f6ed0a6.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Juneau AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAJK
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7002
- WMO heading
- XOAK57
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 57
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSAJK |
| WMOidentifier | WWAK87 PAJK 230504 |
| NWSheadline | A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS UNTIL 10 PM AKDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T05:03:00-00:00...storm...172DEG...35KT...54.95,-132.0 54.54,-131.37 55.04,-130.91 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Annette Island
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 002130 |
| SAME | 002198 |
| UGC | AKZ330 |
| UGC | AKZ332 |
- Polygons
- 55.51,-131.96 55.54,-131.53 55.56,-130.98 54.71,-130.64 54.69,-131.53 54.8,-131.63 55.5,-132.11 55.51,-131.96