Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2006
Storm Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Dec 1, 2006, 9:21 AM AKST. It was in force for 12 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 1, 2006, 9:21 AM AKST (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2006, 9:40 PM AKST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 012321 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 221 PM AST FRI DEC 1 2006 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-021615- 221 PM AST FRI DEC 1 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A COLD FRONT FROM CAPE LISBURNE SOUTH TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT WHILE THE PORTION FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA WEST WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TO THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SAT PM. A 960 MB LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL BERING AS A 967 MB LOW SAT PM AND THEN MOVE NORTHWEST INTO RUSSIA. $$ PKZ200-021615- NORTON SOUND- 221 PM AST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-021615- DALL POINT TO WALES- 221 PM AST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 19 FT BUILDING TO 26 FT. BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 55 KT DECREASING TO 45 KT. SEAS 28 FT. BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT. SEAS 22 FT. BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ215-021615- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 221 PM AST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-021615- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 221 PM AST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ DEC 06
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK52 PAFG 021140 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 240 AM AST SAT DEC 2 2006 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-030245- 240 AM AST SAT DEC 2 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 962 MB STORM CENTERED 150 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADAK WILL MOVE TO 700 MILES WEST OF GAMBELL BY 3 PM SUNDAY WEAKENING TO 978 MB. MODERATE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ALASKA INTERIOR. $$ PKZ200-030245- NORTON SOUND- 240 AM AST SAT DEC 2 2006 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-030245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 240 AM AST SAT DEC 2 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 19 FT BUILDING TO 28 FT. FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND EAST...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT...WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 30 FT. FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND EAST...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ215-030245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 240 AM AST SAT DEC 2 2006 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-030245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 240 AM AST SAT DEC 2 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ RF/DA DEC 06
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Nov 30, 9:53 PM AKST, 11 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 9:53 PM AKST, 11 hours 28 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 253 AM AST FRI DEC 1 2006 .DISCUSSION... WINDS OVER THE WEST AND NORTHWEST COAST MARINE AREAS AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS ARE LOWER THAN FORECASTS...06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS AND AVAILABLE SURFACE REPORTS ARE SHOWING THAT WINDS IN THE BERING SEA ARE BELOW GALE FORCE. SURFACE WIND PROGS...AS OPPOSED TO BOUNDARY LAYER WIND FORECASTS...HAVE NOTICEABLY LESS WIND MORE ACCURATELY DEPICT THE CURRENT SCENARIO. WE WILL TRIM EXISTING GALE WARNINGS DOWN TO SMALL CRAFT OR BRISK WIND...AND STRIP OUT THE EXISTING WATCHES... WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN AKZ207 WHICH WE WILL ALLOW TO RUN TODAY. TEMPERATURES THE MARINE AREAS WITH OPEN WATER ARE TOO WARM FOR HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY...SO WE WILL DROP THE HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNINGS AS WELL. THE NEXT MAJOR LOW WILL BE TRACKING FARTHER TO THE WEST...AND WINDS 25 KT OR MORE WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO PKZ210 FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WEST. A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR TODAY AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALOFT MOVES EASTWARD. THE SHORT WAVE WILL WEAKEN SOME IN AMPLITUDE TODAY AND TONIGHT...REACHING THE CANADA BORDER THIS EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS...EXCEPT IN THE ALASKA RANGE WHERE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR WITH LIGHT LOW LEVEL NORTHERLY UPSLOPE WINDS. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST CANADA MONDAY. A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL LIKELY BE PREDOMINANT OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ207. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. RF DEC 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 10:10 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Nov 30, 10:10 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 72 hr | |
| Nov 30, 10:16 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Dec 1, 3:14 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 26 hr | |
| Dec 1, 4:21 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 1, 9:10 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Dec 1, 9:10 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Dec 1, 9:21 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 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.