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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