Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2009
Storm Warning 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Mar 7, 2009, 3:21 AM AKST. It was in force for 23 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 7, 2009, 3:21 AM AKST (12:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 3:49 AM AKDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
508 FZAK52 PAFG 071221 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 321 AM AKST SAT MAR 7 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. PKZ299-080300- 321 AM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 993MB LOW 100 NM WEST OF ADAK WILL MOVE TO 100 NM WEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND AS 975 MB BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE TO 100 NM SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND BY TUE AFTERNOON AS 994 MB. $$ PKZ200-080300- NORTON SOUND- 321 AM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT BECOMING S. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-080300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 321 AM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-080300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 321 AM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-080300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 321 AM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ CF/DJH MAR 09
2 follow-up statements
476 FZAK52 PAFG 072225 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 125 PM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-081330- 125 PM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 983 MB LOW 150 NM WEST OF ST GEORGE ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 125 NM WEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 975 MB CENTER BY SUNDAY EVENING...THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND WEAKEN TO 984 MB BY MON AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL RUN FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND EAST TO NORTON SOUND THEN SOUTH INTO THE Y-K DELTA BY EARLY SUN MORNING. $$ PKZ200-081330- NORTON SOUND- 125 PM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ210-081330- DALL POINT TO WALES- 125 PM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-081330- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 125 PM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-081330- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 125 PM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ RL/KS MAR 09
796 FZAK52 PAFG 081149 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 349 AM AKDT SUN MAR 8 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. PKZ299-090200- 349 AM AKDT SUN MAR 8 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... STRONG 1050 MB HIGH NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL MOVE EAST BY SUNDAY NIGHT. A 976 MB LOW IN THE GULF OF ANADYR WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AND BE ABSORBED INTO NEW LOW THAT WILL BE OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AS 992 MB BY MONDAY NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-090200- NORTON SOUND- 349 AM AKDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 45 KT NEAR CHANNELED AREAS. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...S WINDS DECREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-090200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 349 AM AKDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-090200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 349 AM AKDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KT THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-090200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 349 AM AKDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT THIS MORNING. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ CF/DJH MAR 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 Mar 7, 2:47 AM AKST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 2:47 AM AKST, 34 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 247 AM AKST SAT MAR 7 2009 .DISCUSSION... MODELS DIFFER SOMEWHAT IN MOVEMENT OF PRECIPITATION ONTO WEST COAST WITH THE NEXT LOW.THE OVERALL INITIAL PATTERN IS CLOSE ENOUGH THOUGH. THE NAM AND THE GFS RIDE CLOSE TOGETHER IN TERMS OF STRENGTH OF LOW AND POSITION ALTHOUGH THE NAM CONTINUES TO CARRY THE LOW MORE NORTHWARD. BY 48 HOURS THE NAM HAS THE LOW STARTING TO FILL FAIRLY RAPIDLY. GIVEN THE SUPPORT ALOFT AND SIGNIFICANT COLD AIR BEHIND THE LOW...FEEL THAT THE GFS SOLUTION IS THE BEST ONE AT THIS TIME. MODELS BRING SIGNIFICANT WINDS...STORM FORCE WINDS BACK TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AGAIN STARTING TONIGHT. HOW STRONG THE WINDS ARE WILL DEPEND UP ON HOW STRONG THE RIDGE IS TO THE EAST THAT WILL COVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT THE YUKON DELTA BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP THERE AS WELL BY EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE YUKON DELTA BY THIS TIME. CURRENT MODELS ARE NOT QUITE AS LIBERAL WITH THE MOISTURE AS PREVIOUS VERSIONS BUT NONETHELESS...NEARLY A SURE BET THAT IT WILL GET NASTY ON THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST LATER TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ225- AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215. STORM WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ220-PKZ225. && CF MAR 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:21 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 57 hr | |
| Mar 7, 3:24 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Mar 7, 4:47 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Mar 7, 5:27 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 62 hr | |
| Mar 7, 1:25 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Mar 7, 1:25 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Mar 7, 1:25 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Mar 7, 1:41 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 43 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.