Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 16, 2009, 2:09 AM AKST. It was in force for 38 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
- Jan 16, 2009, 2:09 AM AKST (11:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2009, 4:20 PM AKST
- In force
- 38 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 Jan 15, 3:39 PM AKST, 10 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 3:39 PM AKST, 10 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 339 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2009 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS HEADED FOR WESTERN ALASKA...IT WILL PRODUCE SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, AND POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. IT WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE ALASKA RANGE INTO INTERIOR ALASKA...SPREADING NORTHWARD TO THE BROOKS RANGE BY SATURDAY. RAIN ON FROZEN HIGHWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE AND ON SOME PORTIONS OF THE DALTON HIGHWAY THROUGH SATURDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL COME UP QUICKLY IN MARINE ZONE 210 EARLY FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE ARCTIC COAST WILL SEE SNOW ENDING LATE THIS EVENING BUT WILL RETURN AGAIN LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH EASTERLY WINDS BECOMING BRISK FROM BARROW EASTWARD. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ222-AKZ223. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ206-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ215- AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ220-AKZ224-AKZ225-AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ240- PKZ245. && RL JAN 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 1:56 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 61 hr | |
| Jan 16, 1:56 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:09 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Jan 16, 4:37 AM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Jan 16, 8:43 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 39 hr | |
| Jan 16, 1:46 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Jan 16, 1:57 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 26 hr | |
| Jan 16, 1:57 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFG | 14 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.