Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Dec 13, 2008, 1:45 AM AKST. It was in force for 19 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 13, 2008, 1:45 AM AKST (10:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2008, 8:45 PM AKST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 131045 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 145 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2008 AKZ213-140000- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0012.081213T1045Z-081214T0000Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 145 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE AT SAVOONGA...AND AT WALES ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFG 131521 AAA NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 621 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2008 AKZ213-132330- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081214T0000Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 621 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE AT SAVOONGA...AND ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST AT WALES AND TELLER. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 132331 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 231 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2008 AKZ213-140600- /X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 231 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE AT SAVOONGA...AND ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST AT WALES AND TELLER. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 140545 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 845 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2008 AKZ213-140645- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 845 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ RT DEC 08
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 Dec 12, 3:46 PM AKST, 9 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:46 PM AKST, 9 hours 59 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 346 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2008 .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE FOR NORTHERN ALASKA. STRONG WEATHER FRONT AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH ALOFT MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHWEST ALASKA ATTM. SUBSTANTIAL RIDGE BUILDING OVER OVER WESTERN ALASKA SAT AND THEN DRFTG EWD AS STRONG SHORTWAVES BUSTS THRU THE RIDGE ON MON...WITH RIDGE REBOUNDING OVER WESTERN/CENTRAL ALASKA THEREAFTER. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY/BLIZZARD WARNINGS ENDING OVER NW ALASKA NEXT FEW HOURS AS TROUGH MOVES QUICKLY EWD AND WEAKENS. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON BASIC DEVELOPMENT NEXT FEW DAYS. MID RANGE WILL BE TOUGH CALL AS POSITION OF BIG RIDGE ALOFT WILL HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON WEATHER...AND ESPECIALLY TEMPS. NORTH SLOPE...DECENT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA THRU THE WEEKEND BUT SNOW WILL LARGELY BE CONFINED TO WESTERN COASTAL ZONES. TEMPS MODERATING SGFNT. WEST COAST...ANOTHER SHOT OF WINTER WEATHER NORTH OF KOTZEBUE TOMORROW...THO THIS HAS MUCH LESS SUPPORT ALOFT AND WARMER AMS TO BOOT. MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW AND WIND WITH TROF ALOFT SUN PM. INTERIOR...ALTHOUGH SURFACE PRESSURES ARE QUITE HIGH OVER THE INTERIOR FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE ESPECIALLY COLD AS HIGH PRESSURE DUE TO VERY HIGH HEIGHTS AND ATTENDANT WARM AIRMASS ALOFT. WHAT THIS WILL RESULT IN...GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR...IS PERSISTENT AND EXTREME INVERSIONS. TEMPERATURE RANGES AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN EXCESS OF 50F ARE LIKELY OVER MOST INTERIOR ZONES AND SOME ZONES COULD APPROACH 70 DEGREES F AT RELEVANT ELEVATIONS...WITH TEMPS NEAR FREEZING HIGHER ELEVATION UPLANDS TO NEAR 40 BELOW IN COLDEST VALLEYS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ209. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ207-AKZ207. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ230-PKZ235. && RT DEC 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 3:12 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Dec 12, 4:10 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Dec 13, 10:10 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 6 hr | |
| Dec 13, 11:52 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 15 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.