Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at Jun 2, 2008, 3:03 AM AKDT. It took effect at Jun 2, 2008, 8:03 AM AKDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 2, 2008, 3:03 AM AKDT (11:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 2, 2008, 8:03 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2008, 2:25 PM AKDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK63 PAFG 021603 RFWAFG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 803 AM ADT MON JUN 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE... AKZ226-030000- /X.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0007.080602T1603Z-080603T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- 803 AM ADT MON JUN 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING 20 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP. THESE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE RH VALUES RECOVER. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE INTERIOR WHICH WILL SERVE TO INCREASE THE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK63 PAFG 022225 RFWAFG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 225 PM ADT MON JUN 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE... AKZ226-022330- /X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080603T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- 225 PM ADT MON JUN 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jun 2, 12:22 AM AKDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:22 AM AKDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 522 AM ADT MON JUN 2 2008 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR: MODELS SHOW STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST COAST ON WED... THEN PERSISTING THROUGH SAT. MODELS ARE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT THROUGH FRI... THEN SOME DIFFERENCES ARE NOTED IN THE HANDLING OF THE LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN ALASKA. SURFACE: A 995 MB LOW OFF THE COAST OF NORTHWEST ALASKA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH OF BARROW THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER LOW WILL FORM SOUTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND THIS EVENING... THEN MOVE NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WED. A THIRD LOW WILL FORM OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL BERING SEA TUE NIGHT... THEN MOVE EAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WED NIGHT. NORTH SLOPE: PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST OF NORTHWEST ALASKA WILL PRODUCE SNOW AMOUNTS OF GENERALLY ABOUT 1 INCH FROM CAPE LISBURNE TO BETWEEN BARROW AND PRUDHOE BAY. NEARLY ALL OF THE SNOW WILL REMAIN WEST OF PRUDHOE BAY. WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS WILL ACCOMPANY THE LOW IN A TIGHT CYCLONIC PATTERN AROUND THE LOW. MODELS HAVE DONE WELL IN FORECASTING THIS LOW FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW. PRECIPITATION FOLLOWING THE LOW AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL BE NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES. WEST COAST: UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST FROM WED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WILL SPAWN SURFACE LOWS OVER THE NORTHEAST BERING SEA AND WEST ALASKA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL CAUSE AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN FROM MID WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. INTERIOR: SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MON AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE MAINLY FROM ZONE 219 THROUGH 220 AND OVER NORTHERN 224. THE MOST UNSTABLE AREA WILL BE OVER EASTERN ZONE 220. ON TUE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ZONE 220 WILL BE MORE STABLE AS WARMING ALOFT TAKES PLACE... THOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR...WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...RHS WILL BE A LITTLE BELOW 30 PERCENT OVER PARTS OF THE INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THOUGH WINDS WILL BE LOWER THAN ON SUN. && .HYDROLOGY...NO NEW INFORMATION OVERNIGHT FROM COLVILLE VILLAGE... FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR AKZ203. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && JUN 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.