Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at May 26, 2009, 3:55 PM AKDT. It took effect at May 26, 2009, 5:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 7 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 26, 2009, 3:55 PM AKDT (23:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2009, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2009, 12:04 AM AKDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 262355 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 355 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 AKZ210-271400- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0008.090527T0100Z-090527T1400Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 355 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 60 MPH IN LOCAL AREAS INLAND ON THE INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. SKOOKUM PASS ON THE NOME COUNCIL HIGHWAY IS ONE SUCH AREA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 40 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK72 PAFG 270804 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1204 AM AKDT WED MAY 27 2009 AKZ210-270915- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090527T1400Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 1204 AM AKDT WED MAY 27 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND AT SKOOKUM PASS HAS DIMINISHED...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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 26, 3:14 PM AKDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:14 PM AKDT, 41 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 314 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 .DISCUSSION... RESPECTABLE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT... CENTRAL INTERIOR WED...EASTERN INTERIOR WED NIGHT...WITH DECENT SUPPORT ALOFT. THOUGH THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE ITS OWN MOISTURE (LITTLE AVAILABLE AT LOW LEVELS AHEAD OF IT)...SOME PRECIPITATION APPEARS LIKELY BY THU MORNING AS FAR EAST AS ABOUT DELTA AND FORT YUKON. THE FRONT SHEARS OUT OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR ON THU AS WINDS ALOFT BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY. WE EXPECT THE PRECIPITATION TO BE RAIN EVEN IN ZONE 218. NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE HOWEVER IT WILL BE SNOW...AND WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY RAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. PROBABLY SUBSTANTIAL SNOWFALL IN THE ATIGUN PASS AREA WED AND WED NIGHT...NOT AS MUCH AGAIN ON FRI. LOWER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE COAST. OUR WESTERN COASTAL ZONES WILL ALSO BE MOSTLY IN A SNOW REGIME... MAYBE MIXED DIURNALLY. AMOUNTS THERE WILL BE QUITE LIGHT IN ANY EVENT. && .FIRE WEATHER... WITH THE CHANGE IN AIRMASS...WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE END OF THESE RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR VERY LOW RH IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR. THEY ARE STILL GOOD FOR THIS EVENING THOUGH. && .HYDROLOGY... BREAKUP APPEARS TO BE OVER THIS SIDE OF THE BROOKS RANGE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ224. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215. && DJH MAY 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:57 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| May 26, 2:57 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| May 26, 3:58 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 37 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.