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Gale Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 16, 2009

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 1:56 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG61 hr
Jan 16, 1:56 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG35 hr
Jan 16, 2:09 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG12 hr
Jan 16, 4:37 AM AKSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryAFG22 hr
Jan 16, 8:43 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFG39 hr
Jan 16, 1:46 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG23 hr
Jan 16, 1:57 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG26 hr
Jan 16, 1:57 PM AKSTStorm WarningAFG14 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.