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Coastal Flood — Kenai Peninsula, AK

Nov 16, 2024

An area of strong winds developed along the Cook��Inlet Saturday, November 16 and Sunday, November 17, 2024, wedged between a Gulf of��Alaska low pressure system centered just south of Prince William Sound, and a ridge of high��pressure over the Bering Sea. In two unique regions of the Cook Inlet, local winds were enhanced by a disturbance��within this flow aloft��as it crossed the Alaska Range and moved over the Cook Inlet. Near Ninilchik, this disturbance��led to the de

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1221004). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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