High Wind Warning

NWS Anchorage AK · US

Updated

Details

High Wind Warning Now In Effect Until 7 AM AKDT Saturday

Event: High Wind Warning
Issued: 2026-09-24 19:08:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-24 19:08:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-25 15:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-26 15:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Response: Prepare

Description

What

West winds 45 to 65 mph with gusts up to 80 mph expected.

Where

Atka and Adak.

When

Until 7 AM AKDT Saturday.

Impacts

High winds may move loose debris, damage property, and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult.

Additional details

Very strong westerly winds will initiate this morning due to a deep low pressure system in the southern Bering Sea. Favored East-West channels could promote locally higher gusts. Strongest winds are expected from about noon to 3pm AKDT. A lull in the winds is expected tonight with a reinvigoration of the winds out of the west by Friday afternoon. Gusts of 60 to 70 mph are expected Friday night into Saturday morning, with winds coming down by late Saturday morning.

Instructions

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. Prepare for the possibility of widespread power outages. Use caution if you must drive.

Affected areas

Atka and Adak

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Anchorage AK
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-24 19:08:57 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~58s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M3AD4A0WTXBCVZKXCNYNPHZ0
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c62ff457d5759464818206290eeeccadba148f9b.004.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Anchorage AK
AWIPS ID: CAPAFC
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.1928
WMO heading: XOAK52
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: Alaska (AK)
WMO bulletin number: 52

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c20cc1d18bb6670f41a7e15a127793c1c16d164b.002.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-24 13:22:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b53b246fa1b75886ca3daffe7fe31cfdfb868152.002.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-24 16:28:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6c7804432898c2fed5d557a4bb5e47345dfd2f80.003.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-24 17:06:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cc27ec0ceec3db52776a486cd989ebdf8dee8a9a.004.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-24 18:13:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.15777627cae4bbbed76775ca4ca53113d641631e.002.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-23 18:54:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1a48d39c44e758f88d0f29ec7e0e5710aeeea6ee.002.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-23 13:20:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1ba091a6ef28ca6c7ca7436aed187ec38b3330e3.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-22 21:03:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	HWW
NationalWeatherService	HWW

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	NPWALU
WMOidentifier	WWAK72 PAFC 241908
NWSheadline	HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT SATURDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.EXT.PAFC.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260926T1500Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-26T07:00:00-08:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.15777627cae4bbbed76775ca4ca53113d641631e.002.1,2026-09-23T10:54:00-08:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1a48d39c44e758f88d0f29ec7e0e5710aeeea6ee.002.1,2026-09-23T05:20:00-08:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1ba091a6ef28ca6c7ca7436aed187ec38b3330e3.001.1,2026-09-22T13:03:00-08:00

Locations

Location data

Atka and Adak

Name	Value
SAME	002016
UGC	AKZ787