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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Fairbanks, AK

September 23, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Sep 23, 2005, 4:51 AM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 23, 2005, 9:51 AM AKDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 23, 2005, 4:51 AM AKDT (12:51 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 23, 2005, 9:51 AM AKDT
Expired: Sep 23, 2005, 2:07 PM AKDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 231751
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
951 AM ADT FRI SEP 23 2005


AKZ208-240000-
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0010.050923T1751Z-050924T0000Z/
LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE
951 AM ADT FRI SEP 23 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. 

LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. 

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 232207
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
207 PM ADT FRI SEP 23 2005


AKZ208-232315-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050924T0000Z/
LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE
207 PM ADT FRI SEP 23 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Sep 23, 1:00 AM AKDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 1:00 AM AKDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
600 AM ADT FRI SEP 23 2005

.DISCUSSION...

THE MAIN EVENT CONTINUES TO BE THE 963 MB LOW NEAR SAINT LAWRENCE
ISLAND. THE EFFECTS CONTINUE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHERN SEWARD
PENINSULA SOUTH TO THE LOWER YUKON DELTA. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...COASTAL EROSION...FLOODED ROADWAYS
AND POWER/PHONE OUTAGES. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING
OVER THE SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST WITH 50-55 MPH GUSTS OVER
THE PAST 6 HOURS.

THE STORM SYSTEM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING AS A 516 DM LOW AT
500 MB SITS ABOVE THE SURFACE FEATURE. CENTRAL PRESSURE RISES HAVE
BEGUN AND ALL MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE LOW WILL CIRCLE
AROUND THE CENTRAL BERING SEA JUST SOUTH OF THE STRAIT AND WEAKEN
INTO THE 990 MB RANGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOW TIDE OCCURRED IN
NOME AT 255 AM WHICH HAS HELPED THE WATER LEVELS.

THE STORM SYSTEM IS LARGE ENOUGH THAT THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA IS
BEING AFFECTED. THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS MOVING RAPIDLY
ACROSS THE INTERIOR THIS MORNING BRINGING A PERIOD OF MODERATE
RAIN TOWARD THE CANADIAN BORDER. ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST...WINDS
HAVE BEEN NEAR 35 MPH FROM THE EAST WITH PRECIPITATION CONFINED TO
THE WESTERN ZONES. AS THE OCCLUDED FRONT WRAPS NORTH TODAY AND
WEAKENS...RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
ARCTIC COAST.

THE SLOW-MOVING...WEAKENING LOW WILL KEEP RAIN SHOWERS GOING OVER
THE WEST COAST INTO THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO THE 10 TO
20 MPH RANGE AS THE SYSTEM WEAKENS. THE RESULTANT SOUTHWEST FLOW
WILL GIVE A FAVORABLE MOISTURE FEED INTO THE INTERIOR ON SATURDAY
WHEN RAIN IS LIKELY.

THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK AS A PARADE OF
LOWS MOVES TOWARD AND ACROSS THE ALEUTIANS INTO SOUTHWESTERN
ALASKA.

.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT TODAY
           ZONE 207
         HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM ADT TODAY
           ZONES 210...211...212...213...214
         COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM ADT SATURDAY
           ZONES 211...212...213...214
         WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM ADT SATURDAY
           ZONE 225 AND 226
MARINE...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
           PKZ200...PKZ21...PKZ230...PKZ235
         GALE WARNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SMALL CRAFT
         ADVISORY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
         MORNING
           PKZ215...PKZ220...PKZ225
         SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
         MORNING
           PKZ240 AND PKZ245

AT SEP 05

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 22, 9:12 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	35 hr
Sep 22, 11:54 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	32 hr
Sep 23, 9:11 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	4 days
Sep 23, 11:10 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	45 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.