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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 13, 2006

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 8:48 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG38 hr
Feb 14, 8:48 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG3 hr
Feb 14, 11:54 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG26 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.