Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at Jul 7, 2009, 7:48 AM AKDT. It took effect at Jul 7, 2009, 2:00 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
- Jul 7, 2009, 7:48 AM AKDT (15:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2009, 2:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2009, 9:04 PM AKDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK63 PAFG 071548 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 748 AM AKDT TUE JUL 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-080000- /X.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0010.090707T2200Z-090708T0900Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 748 AM AKDT TUE JUL 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY NORTH OF FORT YUKON FOR STRONG WIND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH NORTH OF FORT YUKON AFTER 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. RHS DURING THIS TIME WILL ALSO DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT. THESE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK63 PAFG 072318 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 318 PM AKDT TUE JUL 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-080730- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090708T0900Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 318 PM AKDT TUE JUL 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY NORTH OF FORT YUKON FOR STRONG WIND... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH NORTH OF FORT YUKON LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RHS DURING THIS TIME WILL ALSO DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT. THESE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
000 WWAK63 PAFG 080504 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 904 PM AKDT TUE JUL 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-080615- /X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090708T0900Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 904 PM AKDT TUE JUL 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jul 7, 6:02 AM AKDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 6:02 AM AKDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 602 AM AKDT TUE JUL 7 2009 .DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... THE 998 MB LOW NORTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL WILL BE WEAKENING OVER THE GULF OF ANADYR THIS TIME ON WEDNESDAY. A VERY WEAK WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW LIES BETWEEN GAMBELL AND WALES AND EXTENDS SOUTHEAST...LIEING JUST OFF THE YUKON DELTA AT THIS TIME. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST TO A WALES-BETHEL LINE AT 10 AM AND DIFFUSE FROM CAPE LISBURNE TO SAINT MICHAEL AT 10 PM THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL NOT PRODUCE MUCH PRECIPITATION OVER THE COASTAL ZONES...BUT IS EXPECTED TO KICK OFF QUITE A BIT AS IT MOVES INTO THE INTERIOR ON WEDNESDAY. THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE OF THE CONVECTIVE VARIETY...AND WILL BE IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT (WHICH WILL BY THEN BE LITTLE MORE THAN A TROUGH ALOFT). PRECIPITABLE WATER AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS QUITE HIGH...AND RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY. THERES QUITE A LOT OF STRATUS OVER THE BERING SEA BEHIND THE FRONT. WE ASSUME THAT THIS WILL BE SPREADING OVER ZONES 211-12-14 AND PROBABLY OVER ZONES 207-09-10 POST-FRONTALLY. A DISTURBANCE ALOFT IS PRESENTLY MOVING EAST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST IN THE REMAINS OF THE PREVIOUS WEATHER FRONT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... SOME CONCERNS ABOUT LOW RH AND FAIRLY STRONG WINDS IN ZONE 220 THIS EVENING...BUT PROBABLY NOT RED FLAG. && .HYDROLOGY... NO ISSUES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230. && DJH JUL 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:32 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jul 7, 2:34 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Jul 7, 2:35 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 13 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.