966  
NOAK48 PACR 192233  
PNSACR  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK  
ALASKA PACIFIC RIVER FORECAST CENTER  
0700 AM AKDT SAT AUG 22 2020  
 
...PLANNED POWER OUTAGE AUGUST 22ND WILL AFFECT NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE ALASKA DATA DISTRIBUTION ...  
 
SUBJECT: ANCHORAGE FEDERAL BUILDING POWER OUTAGE WILL AFFECT NWS  
OPERATIONAL DATA EFFECTIVE SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2020  
 
THE NWS ALASKA REGION IS NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC THAT SOME DATA AND  
SERVICES WILL BE UNAVAILABLE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2020, FROM 7:00  
AM TO 5:00 PM, AKDT.  
 
PUBLIC DATA AND SERVICES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE:  
 
- SOME SURFACE AND HYDROLOGIC OBSERVATIONS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE.  
- SOME SHIP OBSERVATIONS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE.  
- UPPER-AIR OBSERVATIONS, EXCLUDING BARROW AND ANCHORAGE, MAY BE  
DELAYED.  
- THE ALASKA WEATHER INFORMATION LINE WILL NOT UPDATE.  
- NOAA WEATHER RADIO AT THE FOLLOWING SITES WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE:  
BARROW, KOTZEBUE, NOME, BETHEL, SAINT PAUL, UNALASKA, COLD BAY, AND  
YAKUTAT.  
 
WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS AND TSUNAMI INFORMATION WILL CONTINUE  
TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND  
WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. THERE MAY BE OTHER UNEXPECTED IMPACTS DURING THIS  
TIME. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND WILL RETURN ALL SERVICES TO  
OPERATIONAL STATUS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE POWER RETURNS.  
 
FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:  
ANGEL CORONA  
CHIEF, SYSTEMS OPERATIONS DIVISION  
NWS ALASKA REGION  
ANGEL.CORONA@NOAA.GOV  
 
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