Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Jan 19, 2008, 5:25 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 19, 2008, 10:25 AM AKST. It was in force for 23 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
- Jan 19, 2008, 5:25 AM AKST (14:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2008, 10:25 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2008, 9:33 AM AKST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 191925 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1025 AM AST SAT JAN 19 2008 AKZ213-200000- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0001.080119T1925Z-080121T0300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1025 AM AST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY. SOUTH WINDS 45 TO 65 MPH IN SOME AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. TONIGHT AND SUNDAY THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL LOW VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ RT JAN 08
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFG 192305 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 205 PM AST SAT JAN 19 2008 AKZ213-201400- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080121T0300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 205 PM AST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY. SOUTH WINDS 45 TO 65 MPH IN SOME AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. TONIGHT AND SUNDAY THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL LOW VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ RT JAN 08
000 WWAK72 PAFG 200421 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 721 PM AST SAT JAN 19 2008 AKZ213-201500- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080121T0300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 721 PM AST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY. SOUTH WINDS 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 201433 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 533 AM AST SUN JAN 20 2008 AKZ213-202100- /X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080120T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 533 AM AST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. SOUTH WINDS 40 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL DECREASE TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING AS WELL A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 201833 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 933 AM AST SUN JAN 20 2008 AKZ213-201945- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080120T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 933 AM AST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY OVER THE AREA. $$
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 Jan 19, 1:28 AM AKST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 1:28 AM AKST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 628 AM AST SAT JAN 19 2008 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH AMPLITUDE LONG WAVE PATTERN NOW IN PLACE WITH A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE BERING AND NORTHWEST PACIFIC WHILE A STRONG RIDGE LIES OVER THE EAST PACIFIC AND ALASKA. THIS IS CAUSING A STRONG WARM UP AND CHINOOK WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE ALASKA RANGE AND BROOKS RANGE WHILE THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA HAS STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS PATTERN WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY EAST THROUGH NEXT WEEK MEANING NORTHERN ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO MORE WET PATTERN. A 960 MB LOW IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO 200 NM WEST OF GAMBELL AS A 972 MB LOW BY 3AM SUN AND TO NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND AS A 978 MB LOW BY 3PM SUN. THE FRONT WITH THIS LOW NOW LIES FROM THE LOW TO THE BERING STRAIT TO A WAVE SOUTH OF COLD BAY. THIS WILL MOVE TO CAPE LISBURNE TO ANVIK BY 3AM SUN AND TO DEADHORSE TO DENALI BY 3PM SUN. THERE ARE NOW GALE FORCE WINDS ALONG THE ENTIRE WEST COAST ALONG THIS FRONT ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION HAS BECOME MIXED OR CHANGED TO RAIN OVER ZONE 214 AND MAY OVER ZONES 212 AND 215 TODAY AS WELL. PRECIP WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DECREASE AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR. CHINOOK WINDS OVER THE ALASKA RANGE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST. WILL LIKELY SEE STORM FORCE GUSTS TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT POISONOUS TAIL OF THE BERING LOW OVER ZONE 213 WHICH WILL MOVE TO THE CAPE LISBURNE AREA SUN. THOUGH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY ABATE SOME LATE TODAY ALONG THE WEST COAST THIS WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BACK AT LEAST AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. && .DISCUSSION... GFS INITIALIZED THE BEST ON THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW AT 06Z. THE NAM INITIALIZED 100 NM TOO FAR SOUTHWEST OF ACTUAL LOW CENTER WHILE THE GFS VERIFIED WELL AT 06Z. PREFER THE GFS MODEL FOR THIS REASON THOUGH THE ECMF AGREED WELL WITH THE GFS AS WELL. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ201-AKZ205-AKZ212. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ217. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ214. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. STORM WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240. && JB JAN 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 10:46 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 53 hr | |
| Jan 18, 10:54 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Jan 18, 11:11 PM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Jan 19, 12:41 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Jan 19, 8:01 AM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Jan 19, 8:01 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 43 hr | |
| Jan 19, 8:01 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 43 hr | |
| Jan 19, 8:57 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 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.