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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 15, 2008

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at May 15, 2008, 11:41 AM AKDT. It took effect at May 15, 2008, 4:41 PM AKDT. It was in force for 5 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
May 15, 2008, 11:41 AM AKDT (19:41 UTC)
In effect from
May 15, 2008, 4:41 PM AKDT
Expired
May 15, 2008, 9:40 PM AKDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

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

565 
WWAK61 PAFC 160041
RFWAER

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
441 PM ADT THU MAY 15 2008

AKZ141-160600-
/X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0009.080516T0041Z-080516T0600Z/
COPPER RIVER BASIN-
441 PM ADT THU MAY 15 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WIND ALONG THE COPPER RIVER...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WIND ALONG THE COPPER RIVER.

SOUTH WINDS GUSTING 35 TO 50 MPH ALONG THE COPPER RIVER THIS
EVENING COMBINED WITH RH VALUES FROM 28 TO 34 PERCENT WILL CAUSE
DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD
FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

$$
1 follow-up statement
741 
WWAK61 PAFC 160540
RFWAER

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
940 PM ADT THU MAY 15 2008

AKZ141-160645-
/X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080516T0600Z/
COPPER RIVER BASIN-
940 PM ADT THU MAY 15 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.

HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED IN THE COPPER RIVER BASIN AND ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 11:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC12 hr
May 14, 11:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr

Nearby

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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.