Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Dec 17, 2008, 12:03 PM AKST. It was in force for 9 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 17, 2008, 12:03 PM AKST (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2008, 8:52 PM AKST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 172103 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1203 PM AKST WED DEC 17 2008 AKZ213-180600- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0014.081217T2103Z-081218T0600Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1203 PM AKST WED DEC 17 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING FOR THE WALES AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH WILL OCCUR NEAR WALES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 60 MPH BY 9 PM. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK72 PAFG 180552 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 852 PM AKST WED DEC 17 2008 AKZ213-180700- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081218T0600Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 852 PM AKST WED DEC 17 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
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 17, 3:23 AM AKST, 8 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 3:23 AM AKST, 8 hours 40 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 323 AM AKST WED DEC 17 2008 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT SURFACE AND UPPER AUR PROGS IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEEMENT THROUGH 00Z SAT. MODEL RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY OVER NORTHERN ALASKA OUT THROUGH 12Z FRI IS GOOD. UPPER RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE COOK INLET AREA TO WAINWRIGHT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST...AXIS WILL LIE FROM PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TO BARTER ISLAND BY 00Z FRI. STRONG SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST CANADA. WEAK 996 MB LOW SOUTHWEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TO NEAR CAPE SCHMIDT ON THE NORTHERN CHUKOTSK PENINSULA COAST BY 06Z THU WEAKENING TO 1000 MB...THEN BECOMING A TROUGH THEREAFTER. THIS TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA THROUGH 12Z FRI. A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE WEST COAST AND ADJACENT MARINE AREAS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN WED NIGHT INTO THU. LATEST POES ORBIT INDICATING WEAK TANANA VALLEY JET IN ZONES 221-223-SOUTHWESTERN ZONE 222 WHICH WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT. SNOW EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE WEST COAST TODAY MAY SPREAD TO THE WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT AS THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES SLOWLY EAST. FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST AND INTERIOR WITH TEMPERATURES FROM 850 MB ON DOWN NEAR OR LOCALLY ABOVE FREEZING. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF DEC 08
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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.