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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri Mar 14 2003 - 22:11:58 EST
Indeed... these obs show a nearly 24-hour duststorm with gusts to 62 knots
while the temperature fell from 15 to 8 degrees F. Now that's some brutal
weather!
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/PANC.html
http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/obs.php
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/meteo_current_obs.asp?sta=anc&time=72&BtnMet=Decoded&type=metar&partner=6037
NCEP Also reported...
NOUS42 KWNO 131340
FYI...SMCC INFORMS NCEP THAT DUE TO INCLEMENT WX
AK SUFFERED A LARGE PHONE LINE/POWER LINE OUTAGE
FROM 1320Z UFN. WE DID RECEIVE ALL TTAA AND TTBB
MESSAGES FROM AK STNS BEFORE THE COMMS OUTAGE.
More from ADN.com, plus PHOTOS:
http://www.adn.com/front/story/2767180p-2815856c.html
20-year storm coupled with cold leaves Railbelt in tatters
"An intense storm of frigid north winds walloped Southcentral Alaska on
Wednesday night and Thursday morning with hurricane-force gusts that caused
widespread and sometimes bizarre damage across a vast region from Talkeetna
through downtown Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula.
The wind tore off roofs and littered streets with shingles, flipped trucks
and planes, shattered windows, froze and burst pipes, toppled trees,
whipped ground fires out of control and triggered power outages involving
thousands of people.
On the ground, gusts peaked at 99 mph at a fire station in the Mat-Su area
and at 71 mph at the National Weather Service station near Ted Stevens
Anchorage International Airport. Sustained winds likely hit 50 mph across
many exposed areas of western and northern Anchorage, according to
meteorologist Dave Vonderheide. "
Runaway weather batters runways
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(Published: March 14, 2003)
The windstorm Wednesday night hammered Anchorage International Airport,
prompting flight controllers to evacuate the tower, grounding jetliners and
causing extensive damage to one of the terminals. The airport was closed
more than nine hours before reopening Thursday.
Gusts near 100 mph rip Mat-Su
DAMAGE: Two injured, vehicles flipped, buildings raked by winds.
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(Published: March 14, 2003)
Wasilla -- Howling winds continued pummelling the Matanuska Valley on
Thursday, seriously injuring at least two people and damaging scores of
public buildings, including a fire station and several schools.
Downtown bore the brunt of the damage
'LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF': Roofs, signs, windows and more destroyed.
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(Published: March 14, 2003)
Sawhorses hurling down the street. Shingles ripped off the roof. Windows
exploding.
At 09:37 AM 3/14/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Winds were sustained 95 mph with gusts to 110 mph at the top of the
>control tower at Anchorage International Airport. The control tower was
>evacuated and airport ops suspended for the very first time in its
>history due to adverse weather!
>
>Full coverage at www.adn.com
>
>Roger Rafler
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