Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2008
Gale Warning 44, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at May 4, 2008, 9:11 PM AKDT. It was in force for 50 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 4, 2008, 9:11 PM AKDT (05:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2008, 10:49 PM AKDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at May 4, 9:06 AM AKDT, 12 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 9:06 AM AKDT, 12 hours 5 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 206 PM ADT SUN MAY 4 2008 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... MODERATE HIGH CENTERED ABOUT 400 MILES NORTH OF BARROW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TUE AFTERNOON... THEN DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST AND WEAKENING. WEAK TROUGH PERSISTING OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST. SURFACE... 1046 MB HIGH CENTERED ABOUT 600 MILES NORTH OF BARROW MOVING TO 500 MILES NORTH OF INUVIK BY WED AFTERNOON WEAKENING TO 1044 MB. BRISK EAST WINDS AND FLURRIES CONTINUING ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH WED. WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUING OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST. CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST INTERIOR GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH WED...WITH INCREASING VERTICAL TOTALS AND DECREASING STABILITY. && .FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF MAY 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:58 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Warning | AFG | 85 days | |
| May 4, 8:18 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Warning | AFG | 88 days |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.