Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Mar 5, 2009, 4:30 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
- Mar 5, 2009, 4:30 PM AKST (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2009, 5:30 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 060130 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 430 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 AKZ215-061500- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0006.090306T0130Z-090306T1500Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 430 PM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK72 PAFG 061430 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 530 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 AKZ215-061530- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090306T1500Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 530 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Mar 5, 11:33 AM AKST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 11:33 AM AKST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1133 AM AKST THU MAR 5 2009 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM GFS/ETA SURFACE PROGS SIMILAR THROUGH 00Z SAT. 974 MB LOW NEAR SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AT 18Z THU WILL FILL TO ABOUT 1000 MB OVER THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE BY 18Z FRI...THEN WEAKEN INTO AN ELONGATED TROUGH ALONG THE BROOKS RANGE BY 00Z FRI. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR AREAS TONIGHT. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW MAY CONTINUE IN THE NULATO HILLS IN ZONE 216 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR ZONES 212-215-216 WILL BE CANCELLED...BUT WILL PUT UP STRONG WIND HEADLINES OVERNIGHT SINCE WIND WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE. WINDS IN ZONES 202-203-204 WILL COME UP SOME THIS EVENING...BUT WILL NOT LIKELY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SURFACE REPORTS AND WEB CAMS INDICATING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE. WILL PUT UP WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO COVER THE SNOWFALL IN THOSE ZONES WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH SLOPES IN ZONE 225 IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST FLOW SETTING UP IN ZONES 224-226 WILL GENERATE UPSLOPE SNOW ALONG THE NORTH FACING SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE AND OVER MUCH OF ZONE 224. PAPD RADAR SCOPE REMAINS FULL AND SNOW IN ZONE 222 IS EXPECTED CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS. STRONG WINDS WILL BE AN ISSUE OVER THE HIGHER SUMMITS IN ZONES 220-221-222 AND WILL EXTEND ADVISORIES INTO FRI TO HANDLE THE STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE INTERIOR WILL EXPERIENCE BLUSTERY WIND CONDITIONS AS WELL AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RAPIDLY BUILDS IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. STRONG PRESSURE RISE FIELDS WILL ASSIST IN SPIKING UP THE SURFACE WIND SPEEDS. GUSTY WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE PASSES BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. NEXT ROUND OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN ZONES 213-214 LATE SAT AFTERNOON OR SAT EVE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211- AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ206-AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224- AKZ225-AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235- PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF MAR 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:12 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 18 hr | |
| Mar 6, 3:50 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Mar 6, 9:45 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 5 hr | |
| Mar 6, 10:46 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 7 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:02 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:28 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 23 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.