Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2005
High Wind Warning 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Dec 25, 2005, 6:58 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 25, 2005, 9:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 10 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
- Dec 25, 2005, 6:58 AM AKST (15:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2005, 9:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2005, 7:22 AM AKST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 252058 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1158 AM AST SUN DEC 25 2005 AKZ213-260600- /X.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0005.051226T1200Z-051227T0300Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0016.051226T0600Z-051227T0900Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1158 AM AST SUN DEC 25 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT AST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT AST MONDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED AS WELL. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFG 260524 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 824 PM AST SUN DEC 25 2005 AKZ213-261330- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0016.051226T0600Z-051227T0900Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 824 PM AST SUN DEC 25 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST MONDAY NIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST MONDAY NIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW ARE EXPECTED AS WELL. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 261331 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 431 AM AST MON DEC 26 2005 AKZ213-262145- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-051227T0900Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 431 AM AST MON DEC 26 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT... NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW ARE EXPECTED AS WELL. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 261622 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 722 AM AST MON DEC 26 2005 AKZ213-261730- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-051227T0900Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 722 AM AST MON DEC 26 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. HOWEVER...MODERATELY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. $$
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 Dec 25, 12:34 AM AKST, 6 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 12:34 AM AKST, 6 hours 24 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 534 AM AST SUN DEC 25 2005 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT... RIDGE EXTENDING FROM CANADA WEST OVER NORTHERN ALASKA WILL PERSIST INTO MID WEEK. LOW PRESSURE CENTERED 400 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH MONDAY THEN WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER FAR EASTERN RUSSIA AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AREA TO BERING STRAIT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ALEUTIANS AND SHOULD MAKE IT TO THE GULF OF ALASKA ON TUESDAY. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER THE NORTHERN GULF INTO MIDWEEK. ANOTHER LOW WILL ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW THE SAME COURSE EASTWARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ALEUTIANS BUT WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY SOUTHWEST OF COLD BAY ON THURSDAY. SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE EAST DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH UPPER LEVEL LOW...THROUGH TUESDAY. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA ON WEDNESDAY AND DISSIPATE BY THURSDAY. ANOTHER LOW WILL FOLLOW MUCH THE SAME PATH BUT WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY SOUTH OF COLD BAY ON THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE 500 MILES WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL WEAKEN BUT MAY LAST THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER RUSSIA WILL BUILD RIDGE EASTWARD TO OVER WRANGEL ISLAND BY TUESDAY. NORTH SLOPE...FLURRIES AND PATCHY FOG WILL BE THE WEATHER FOR A FEW DAYS AT LEAST. NORTHEAST WINDS OVER CAPE LISBURNE WILL RISE THROUGH MONDAY BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. WEST COAST...INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS MAY REACH WARNING LEVELS OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO END UP A PROBLEM BEFORE IT IS OVER WITH BUT FOR NOW THE WATCH IS JUST FOR HIGH WINDS. ANY SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE JUST FLURRIES. INTERIOR...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. DENSE FOG OVER ZONE 224 SHOULD END BY 11 AM. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED INTO MID WEEK. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ213. DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AKZ224. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && DA DEC 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 10:38 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Dec 25, 8:13 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 7 days |
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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.