Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2005
High Wind Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Oct 31, 2005, 5:13 PM AKST. It took effect at Oct 31, 2005, 10:13 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 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
- Oct 31, 2005, 5:13 PM AKST (02:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2005, 10:13 PM AKST
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2005, 12:46 AM AKST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 010713 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1013 PM AST MON OCT 31 2005 AKZ213-011200- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0012.051101T0713Z-051101T1200Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1013 PM AST MON OCT 31 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AST TUESDAY AT SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AST TUESDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS SHOULD START TO DIMINISH AS THE FRONT CURRENTLY TO THE SOUTH MOVES NORTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK72 PAFG 010946 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1246 AM AST TUE NOV 1 2005 AKZ213-011100- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-051101T1200Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1246 AM AST TUE NOV 1 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
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 Oct 31, 8:49 AM AKST, 8 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 8:49 AM AKST, 8 hours 24 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 149 PM AST MON OCT 31 2005 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. A MODERATELY STRONG LOW PRESSURE POSITIONED IN FAR EAST RUSSIA WITH THE OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDING TO NEAR SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL GENERALLY STALL OUT OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. RAIN AND SNOW NOW FALLING OVER SAINT ISLAND WILL TURN BACK TO ALL SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD AIR WRAPS AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW POSITIONED IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND SLIDES FURTHER WESTWARD. SNOW WILL FALL ON THE YUKON DELTA FROM THIS SYSTEM AS WELL. LONG WAVE UPPER LEVEL HIGH CONTINUES TO ENGULF MAINLAND ALASKA. UPPER LEVEL LOW IN NORTHERN INTERIOR WILL SLIDE SOUTH TO THE TANANA VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE FLURRIES OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. DECENT COLD AIR IN THE UPPER LEVEL OVER MUCH OF MAINLAND ALASKA HOWEVER THE CLOUD COVER IS KEEPING THE TEMPERATURES RELATIVELY WARM FOR THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR IN THE UPPER LEVELS. ANAKTUVUK PASS REMAINS NEAR -20 IN CLOUD FREE SKIES. WITH CONTINUAL ON SHORE FLOW ON THE ARCTIC COAST...FLURRIES AND AREAS OF FOG WILL BE PREVALENT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MODELS KEEP MOST OF MAINLAND ALASKA IN A LONG WAVE TROUGH PATTERN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL GIVE THE INTERIOR INTERVALS OF CLOUDS AND A FEW FLURRIES BUT NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER. COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES MAY BE IN STORE THOUGH IF HOLES IN THE CLOUDS OPEN UP LONG ENOUGH TO RADIATE OUT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FOR PKZ230. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. && CF OCT 05
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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.