High Wind Warning
NWS Anchorage AK ยท US
Details
High Wind Warning In Effect Until 4 PM AKDT Saturday
- Event
- High Wind Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected through Friday morning. After a brief lull, another stronger push of 40 to 50 mph westerly winds with gusts to 60 mph late Friday evening into Saturday morning.
Where
Unalaska and Nikolski.
When
Until 4 PM AKDT Saturday.
Impacts
Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few power outages may result.
Additional details
A strong low pressure system in the southern Bering will bring a number of rounds of strong westerly winds through Friday evening. Wind gusts up to 55 mph are likely through westerly favored gaps near Unalaska. A brief lull in the winds at times may occur through Friday midday, but a reinvigoration of the winds out of the west will then occur by Friday evening. Gusts to 60 mph are expected overnight into Saturday morning, with winds coming down by Saturday afternoon.
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
- Unalaska and Nikolski
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Anchorage AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3BMMQ8DGXS2FDT14MF9Q9SD
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.60a5147a2ba5aa9e8117a2078ce80bf87e83f010.001.1
- 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.1314
- WMO heading
- XOAK52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | HWW |
| NationalWeatherService | HWW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | NPWALU |
| WMOidentifier | WWAK72 PAFC 250639 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.PAFC.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260927T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T16:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Unalaska and Nikolski
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 002016 |
| UGC | AKZ785 |