Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2006, 11:06 PM AKST. It took effect at Feb 14, 2006, 4:06 AM AKST. It was in force for 18 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
- Feb 13, 2006, 11:06 PM AKST (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2006, 4:06 AM AKST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2006, 9:49 PM AKST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK71 PAFG 141306 NPWNSB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 406 AM AST TUE FEB 14 2006 AKZ201-142115- /X.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0002.060214T1800Z-060215T1500Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0003.060214T1306Z-060215T1500Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 406 AM AST TUE FEB 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY...FOR THE COAST SOUTH OF POINT LAY. SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK71 PAFG 142018 NPWNSB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1118 AM AST TUE FEB 14 2006 AKZ201-150100- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060215T1500Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 1118 AM AST TUE FEB 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWAK71 PAFG 142257 NPWNSB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 157 PM AST TUE FEB 14 2006 AKZ201-150900- /X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060215T0900Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 157 PM AST TUE FEB 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE CAPE LISBURNE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. OTHERWISE EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWAK71 PAFG 150649 NPWNSB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 949 PM AST TUE FEB 14 2006 AKZ201-150800- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060215T0900Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 949 PM AST TUE FEB 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
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 Feb 13, 8:28 AM AKST, 14 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 8:28 AM AKST, 14 hours 38 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 128 PM AST MON FEB 13 2006 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT TODAY. THE LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF NORTHERN CANADA AND NORTHEASTERN ALASKA IS RAPIDLY MOVING EASTWARD AND FILLING. THE WEAK COLD FRONT THAT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE INTERIOR AND SPREAD VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL OVER THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RESONATED NORTH OF FAIRBANKS WHERE CHATANIKA LED THE WAY WITH MORE THAN 9 INCHES. THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND THE FAIRBANKS METRO AREA VARIED MOSTLY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND SURFACE RIDGE BOTH BUILD BACK IN OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE BY THIS EVENING. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS REMAINS IN TACT AND SHIFTS TO NEAR THE ALCAN BORDER BY WEDNESDAY AS A SERIES OF BERING SEA STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE STRONG SOUTH FLOW OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WILL TRANSPORT MOISTURE INTO THAT PART OF THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WHICH WILL PRODUCE PERIODIC SNOWFALL. SNOW FALL SHOULD BEGIN ALONG MOST AREAS FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA NORTHWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE 850 THICKNESS STAY SUFFICIENTLY LOW ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT MOST ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW. LONGER RANGE PROGS SHOW THAT THE RIDGE IN THE PACIFIC WILL REMAIN FIRMLY INTACT AND BECOME MORE ROUND TOP BY THE END OF THE WEEK. WINDS ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL PICK UP IN THE EASTERN ARCTIC BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ201. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212- AKZ213-AKZ214. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230. && CF FEB 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 8:48 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Feb 14, 8:48 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 3 hr | |
| Feb 14, 11:54 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 26 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.