Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 30, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 25, 2009, 1:08 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 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
- Feb 25, 2009, 1:08 PM AKST (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2009, 2:06 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Feb 25, 2:19 AM AKST, 10 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:19 AM AKST, 10 hours 49 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 AM AKST WED FEB 25 2009 .DISCUSSION... NAM/GFS MODEL RUNS THROUGH 00Z FRI ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR. CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR ZONES 210-211-212-215-216 WILL BE UPGRADED TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS. BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED IN ZONE 214. MAXIMUM 24 HOUR SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 6 INCHES IN ZONES 210-211-212-214. IN ZONES 215-216 LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... MOST LIKELY IN AND NEAR THE NULATO HILLS. IN ZONE 213...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4-6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30-40 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WHEN THE WINDS INCREASE. WE WILL CHANGE THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. WATCHES FOR ZONES 207-209 WILL BE CONTINUED...BUT STARTING TIMES WILL BE PUSHED BACK SOME. THE MAIN ISSUE IN THESE ZONES WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. BRISK WEST WINDS WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY IN ZONE 204 THU NIGHT AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE EXITS EASTWARD AND IS REPLACED BY RAPIDLY BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE. EXITING SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL BRING A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW TO THE MUCH OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR TODAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ215- AKZ216. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213-AKZ214. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ207-AKZ209. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230. && RF FEB 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:50 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 42 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:50 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:30 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Feb 25, 4:47 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:08 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 39 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:45 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:52 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | 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.