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EF0 Tornado — Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek, Alaska

2024-04-19 · near Anchorage, Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek, Alaska

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Event narrative

Weak landspout observed near Rusty Point.

Wider weather episode

A weak landspout was observed near Rusty Point, AK, by a member of the general public in Anchorage. A lenticular cloud was noted over the mountain peak at the time, which was attached to the landspout. With no radar available to aid in the landspout's diagnosis, it is theorized that downsloping winds, enhanced by south and southeasterly winds, created an area of wind shear in a topographically varying region, which was then lifted vertically with an upslope flow, thus producing the observed landspout.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1177769. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.