Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at May 17, 2009, 12:02 AM AKDT. It was in force for 12 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
- May 17, 2009, 12:02 AM AKDT (08:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2009, 11:45 AM AKDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 170802 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1202 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 AKZ213-171400- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0007.090517T0802Z-090517T1400Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1202 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL PRODUCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH AT SAVOONGA FOR THE REST OF SATURDAY NIGHT AND UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 50 MPH SUNDAY MORNING AT SAVOONGA. FOR OTHER PARTS OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST... SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH... WITH WINDS DIMINISHING LATER SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFG 170838 AAA NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1238 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 AKZ213-171400- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090517T1400Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1238 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 UPDATED HEADLINE ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SAVOONGA... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT EARLY THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL PRODUCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH AT SAVOONGA FOR THE REST OF SATURDAY NIGHT AND UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 50 MPH SUNDAY MORNING AT SAVOONGA. FOR OTHER PARTS OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST... SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH... WITH WINDS DIMINISHING LATER SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 171319 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 519 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 AKZ213-171700- /X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090517T1700Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 519 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKDT THIS MORNING FOR SAVOONGA... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKDT THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL PRODUCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH AT SAVOONGA UNTIL 9 AM AKDT SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 50 MPH LATER SUNDAY MORNING AT SAVOONGA. FOR OTHER PARTS OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST... SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH... WITH WINDS DIMINISHING LATER SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 171513 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 713 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 AKZ213-171700- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090517T1700Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 713 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IS EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKDT THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL PRODUCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT UNTIL 9 AM AKDT SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES WALES AND LITTLE DIOMEDE. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 50 MPH LATER SUNDAY MORNING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ RT MAY 09
000 WWAK72 PAFG 171643 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 843 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 AKZ213-172000- /X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090517T2000Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 843 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL PRODUCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES WALES AND LITTLE DIOMEDE. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 50 MPH BY NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ RT MAY O9
000 WWAK72 PAFG 171945 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1145 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 AKZ213-172045- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090517T2000Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1145 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ RT MAY 09
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 May 16, 3:31 PM AKDT, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 3:31 PM AKDT, 8 hours 31 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 331 PM AKDT SAT MAY 16 2009 .DISCUSSION... PATTERN CHANGE WELL UNDERWAY NOW AS RIDGE BUILDS EAST FROM BERING SEA AND TROUGH DIGS INTO THE EASTERN BERING. MODELS AGREE ON BUILDING HIGH INTO NE ALASKA BY TUE MORNING WITH DEEP TROUGH...PROBABLY WITH A CLOSED CENTER...OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA. BY WED PM MUCH OF THE ENERGY FROM THE TROUGH HAS MOVED INTO A CLOSED LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WITH RAPIDLY RISING HEIGHTS OVER THE BERING. AT THE SURFACE...996 MB LOW OVER WESTERN CHUKOTKA WITH FRONT SE INTO THE THE NORTHWEST BERING..WITH 996 LOW ON THE FRONT S OF CAPE NAVARIN WILL PLOW NORTH AND BECOME THE MAIN CENTER BY SUN AFTERNOON S OF WRANGEL ISLAND. ASSOCIATED FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE NE BERING SEA TONIGHT AND THEN THROUGH NORTON SOUND AND CHUKCHI SEA COAST ABOUT AS FAR EAST AS BARROW BY MON MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST DRIFTING EAST WITH REMNANT HIGH PERSISTING OVER THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE. BY TUE PM WELL DEVELOPED THERMAL TROUGH WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR. NORTH SLOPE...PRECIP FROM INCOMING FRONT LIKELY TO BE LARGELY WRUNG OUT BY THE BROOKS RANGE. AIRMASS LIKELY WARM ENOUGH ON THE FRONT END FOR RAIN OR MIXED PRECIP. NO PRECIP EXPECTED EAST OF 155W. BY MID-WEEK BUILDING RIDGE WILL RESTART BREAK-UP ON NORTH SLOPE RIVERS. WEST COAST...DAMP NEXT COUPLE DAYS IN ONSHORE FLOW AREA. AMS SHOULD BE...JUST BARELY...WARM ENOUGH FOR RAIN AT LOW ELEVATIONS AHEAD OF THE OCCLUSION. DOWNSLOPE AREAS WILL PROBABLY NOT GET MUCH PRECIP. WARMING AND DRYING LOOKS LIKELY BY MID WEEK AS RIDGE BUILDS. INTERIOR...DRY AND INCREASINGLY WARM. NO SGFNT CONVECTION BEFORE THU AT THE EARLIEST. && .FIRE WEATHER... PERSISTENT DRY WEATHER LAST SIX WEEKS...EVEN MORE SO THAN USUAL FOR THE SEASON AND DRY AMS IN PLACE HAVE PRODUCED MARGINAL RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY OVER A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR. WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING AND AMS WARMING...THIS WILL LIKELY GO ON FOR SOME TIME TO COME. && .HYDROLOGY... FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR YUKON RIVER KOYUKUK TO HOLY CROSS AND FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NULATO. NOT MUCH CHANGE REPORTED ON THE RIVER PAST 18 HOURS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AKZ223-AKZ226. RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ224-AKZ225-AKZ227. FLOOD WATCH FOR AKZ215-AKZ216. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230. && RT MAY 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:30 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFG | 67 hr | |
| May 17, 2:18 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| May 17, 2:20 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Alaska, 2009Every high wind warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.