Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at May 31, 2009, 7:40 AM AKDT. It took effect at May 31, 2009, 12:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for . 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 31, 2009, 7:40 AM AKDT (15:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 31, 2009, 12:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2009, 11:42 AM AKDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
157 WWAK61 PAFC 311540 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 740 AM AKDT SUN MAY 31 2009 AKZ141-010600- /X.UPG.PAFC.FW.A.0005.090531T2000Z-090601T0800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0013.090531T2000Z-090601T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 740 AM AKDT SUN MAY 31 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND THROUGHOUT THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD RAPIDLY TODAY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA LEADING TO DRIER AIR AND WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT THIS MORNING IS LEADING TO GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 23 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON WHILE WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER IN THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
1 follow-up statement
401 WWAK61 PAFC 010042 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 442 PM ADT SUN MAY 31 2009 AKZ141-010145- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090601T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 442 PM ADT SUN MAY 31 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND THROUGHOUT THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND RECOVER TO GREATER THAN 75 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COPPER RIVER AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:45 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 18 hr | |
| May 31, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| May 31, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 26 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.