Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2009
Storm Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Jan 16, 2009, 1:57 PM AKST. It was in force for 14 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, 1:57 PM AKST (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2009, 3:36 AM AKST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708 FZAK52 PAFG 162257 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 157 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-171400- 157 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 950 MB LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE TO NORTON SOUND AS A 961 MB LOW BY 3AM SAT THEN TO CAPE KRUSENSTERN AS A 970 MB LOW BY 9AM SAT...AND TO NEAR BARROW AS A 976 MB LOW AT 3PM SAT. $$ PKZ200-171400- NORTON SOUND- 157 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT BECOMING S. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SAT...SW WINDS 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER NOON. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-171400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 157 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT...EXCEPT 50 KT NEAR THE BERING STRAIT THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...W WINDS 40 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-171400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 157 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-171400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 157 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...N WINDS 45 KT BECOMING NW 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT. SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ JB/DJH JAN 09
1 follow-up statement
808 FZAK52 PAFG 171236 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 336 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-180345- 336 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 964 MB LOW OVER NORTON SOUND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE A 980 MB LOW NEAR BARROW AT 3PM SAT. $$ PKZ200-180345- NORTON SOUND- 336 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...S WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-180345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 336 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...W WINDS 40 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-180345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 336 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-180345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 336 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ JK/CF JAN 09
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Jan 16, 1:02 PM AKST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 1:02 PM AKST, 55 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 102 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 .DISCUSSION... THE NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ALTHOUGH THE NAM MOVES THE LOW IN WESTERN ALASKA A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY NORTH THEN THE OTHER MODELS. A 949 MB LOW NEAR COLD BAY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME A 952 MB CENTER IN BRISTOL BAY THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA AS A 964 MB LOW SATURDAY MORNING...THEN JUST NORTH OF BARROW AS A 978 MB LOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT VERY WARM AIR INTO WESTERN ALASKA AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR...MANY RECORD HIGHS HAVE BEEN BROKEN AND RAIN HAS OCCURRED AS FAR NORTH AS UNALAKLEET TO GALENA. FREEZING PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN NORTH OF FAIRBANKS CAUSING ICY DRIVING CONDITIONS ON THE DALTON HIGHWAY. RAIN FALLING ON COLD ROADS AND SOME AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE ALASKA RANGE HAS ALSO BEEN A BIG PROBLEM FOR DRIVERS THERE. WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS ARE OUT THROUGH SATURDAY IN WESTERN ALASKA NORTH OF A UNALAKLEET TO GALENA LINE FOR HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND HIGH WINDS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES COMMON...AND AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES IN SOME LOCAL AREAS. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW THROUGH PASSES IN BOTH THE ALASKA AND BROOKS RANGES WITH WINDS 60 TO 70 MPH AT TIMES AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. THE ARCTIC COAST FROM DEADHORSE WEST WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW STARTING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL BE WATCHED FOR POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS. ALSO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS ALONG THE BERING STRAIT AS STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BLOW OVER MARINE ZONE 210. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ205-AKZ206-AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209- AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ217. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ221. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ220-AKZ225-AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. STORM WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RL JAN 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 1:56 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 61 hr | |
| Jan 16, 1:56 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:09 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:09 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Jan 16, 4:37 AM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Jan 16, 8:43 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 39 hr | |
| Jan 16, 1:46 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Jan 16, 1:57 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 26 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.