[Kathy in Alaska]

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1040 AM AKDT TUE SEP 4 2012

AKZ101-050745-
/X.EXT.PAFC.HW.W.0013.120905T0200Z-120905T1300Z/
ANCHORAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN...
EKLUTNA
1040 AM AKDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
AKDT WEDNESDAY ALONG EAST ANCHORAGE THE HILLSIDE AND TURNAGAIN
ARM...

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF EAST ANCHORAGE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS ALONG
WITH THE ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE AND TURNAGAIN ARM.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG EAST
ANCHORAGE AND THE LOWER HILLSIDE. SOUTHEAST 75 TO 100 MPH
ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM AND THE UPPER HILLSIDE.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AND THEN PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT AS A WEATHER FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. TREES MAY BE BLOWN OVER.
LOOSE DEBRIS CAN BE MOVED AND DAMAGE PROPERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD
BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND.

&&

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I’m on the eastside a couple miles from the mountains. I hate high wind. Glad I don’t live on the hillside. Lots of expensive homes and LOTS of trees up there.

[left that other site]

Not oly high winds..

But ARCTIC high winds!

Prayers headed your way, dear FRiend!