Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2005

High Wind Warning 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 7, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Aug 7, 2005, 5:18 PM AKDT. It took effect at Aug 8, 2005, 5:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 7, 2005, 5:18 PM AKDT (01:18 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 8, 2005, 5:00 AM AKDT
Expired
Aug 9, 2005, 11:25 AM AKDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 080618
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1018 PM ADT SUN AUG 7 2005

AKZ201-081300-
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0006.050808T1300Z-050809T1300Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
1018 PM ADT SUN AUG 7 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM ADT
TUESDAY NEAR CAPE LISBURNE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM ADT
TUESDAY. WINDS NEAR CAPE LISBURNE WILL GUST TO 50 MPH.

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

$$
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 081239
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
439 AM ADT MON AUG 8 2005

AKZ201-082000-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0006.050808T1300Z-050809T1300Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
439 AM ADT MON AUG 8 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM ADT TUESDAY NEAR CAPE LISBURNE...

WINDS NEAR CAPE LISBURNE WILL GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

$$
RT AUG 05
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 081939
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1139 AM ADT MON AUG 8 2005

AKZ201-090345-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050809T1300Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
1139 AM ADT MON AUG 8 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM ADT TUESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM ADT TUESDAY. 

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

$$
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 090026 CCA
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
426 PM ADT MON AUG 8 2005

AKZ201-091300-
/X.COR.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050809T1300Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
426 PM ADT MON AUG 8 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM ADT TUESDAY
   NEAR CAPE LISBURNE...

WINDS NEAR CAPE LISBURNE ARE GUSTING TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 AM ADT TUESDAY.

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

$$
ES AUG 05
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 091925
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1125 AM ADT TUE AUG 9 2005

AKZ201-100330-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050809T2000Z/
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.050809T2000Z-050810T1300Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
1125 AM ADT TUE AUG 9 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM ADT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM ADT
WEDNESDAY. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF GREATER THAN 35 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE.


$$
000 
WWAK72 PAFG 301344
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
444 AM AST FRI DEC 30 2005

AKZ213-302145-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.A.0006.051231T0900Z-060101T0300Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
444 AM AST FRI DEC 30 2005

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS 60 MPH. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES
AS WELL. WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY DECREASE SATURDAY
NIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS HIGH
WINDS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
000 
WWAK72 PAFG 302006
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1106 AM AST FRI DEC 30 2005

AKZ213-302115-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.A.0006.051231T0900Z-060101T0300Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
1106 AM AST FRI DEC 30 2005

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...
...STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WATCH. HIGH WINDS...60 MPH OR MORE...ARE NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY. BUT GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH MORE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE
BERING STRAIT COAST IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY DIMINISH BELOW 30 MPH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST HAVE BEEN STORMY
THIS DECEMBER. WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING SNOW
HAVE BLOWN OVER THE AREA NEARLY ALL MONTH. THE ONLY RESPITE FROM
THIS PATTERN RAN FROM DECEMBER 9TH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OF THE
13TH.

$$

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 Aug 7, 9:30 AM AKDT, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:30 AM AKDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before
NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
230 PM ADT SUN AUG 7 2005

.DISCUSSION...

THE DOMINANT LARGE SCALE WEATHER FEATURE IS AN UNUSALLY STRONG
UPPER LEVEL HIGH...587 DAM AT 500 MB CENTERED OVER THE ALASKA
PENINSULA TODAY. THE HIGH CENTER WILL MIGRATE TO JUST NORTH
OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUILDING TO 590 DAM.
GOOD CONFIDENCE IN FORECAST WITH AGREEMENT BETWEEN LATEST
AVAILABLE RUNS OF GFS...UKMO...AND ECMWF. THIS WILL RESULT
IN 500 MB HEIGHT ANALOMIES OF ABOUT +30 DAM. MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR CAN BE EXPECTED
TO REACH 80 OR ABOVE FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL DAYS OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK. ADDITIONALLY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOW.

A WEATHER FRONT EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF BARROW
SOUTHWARD TO EAST OF THE NULATO HILLS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOCE EASTWARD. CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE ARCTIC COAST...BROOKS
RANGE...AND NORTHERN INTERIOR WILL EXPERIENCE A SHORT PERIOD
OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
SOUTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS MAY RECIEVE A FEW SHOWERS.

A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING UP THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE
MAY BRUSH PORTIONS OF ZONE 213 WITH A PERIOD OF RAIN TONIGHT.
RAIN WITH THIS SHORT WAVE WOULD REACH THE NORTHWEST PARTS OF ALASKA
MONDAY...AND THE ARCTIC COAST MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

.HYDRO...NO SIG EVENTS
.FIRE WEATHER...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE
  INTERIOR FOR MOST OF THIS WEEK WITH STRONG UPPER HIGH. NO
  FIRE WEATHER WATCHES OR RED FLAG WARNINGS IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME.
.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...
 ZONE 207...HIGH SURF ADV.
 ZONE 212...HIGH SURF ADV.
MARINE...
 PKZ200...SMALL CRAFT ADV.
 PKZ210...SMALL CRAFT ADV.
 PKZ215...NONE.
 PKZ220...SMALL CRAFT ADV.
 PKZ225...GALE WRNG.
 PKZ230...SMALL CRAFT ADV.
 PKZ235...SMALL CRAFT ADV.
 PKZ240...SMALL CRAFT ADV.
 PKZ245...SMALL CRAFT ADV.

RF AUG 05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 10:48 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG24 hr
Aug 8, 6:52 AM AKDTWind AdvisoryAFG29 hr
Aug 8, 9:38 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG23 hr
Aug 8, 9:44 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG13 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.