Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2009, 1:52 PM AKST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2009, 1:52 PM AKST (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2009, 5:06 AM AKST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 252252 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 152 PM AKST WED FEB 25 2009 AKZ225-260900- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.090225T2252Z-090226T0900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 152 PM AKST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$ AKZ226-260900- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.090225T2252Z-090226T0900Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 152 PM AKST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 260659 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 959 PM AKST WED FEB 25 2009 AKZ225-261500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090226T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 959 PM AKST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES... SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$ AKZ226-261500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090226T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 959 PM AKST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 261406 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 506 AM AKST THU FEB 26 2009 AKZ225-226-261515- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090226T1500Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 506 AM AKST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Feb 25, 2:19 AM AKST, 11 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:19 AM AKST, 11 hours 33 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 AM AKST WED FEB 25 2009 .DISCUSSION... NAM/GFS MODEL RUNS THROUGH 00Z FRI ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR. CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR ZONES 210-211-212-215-216 WILL BE UPGRADED TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS. BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED IN ZONE 214. MAXIMUM 24 HOUR SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 6 INCHES IN ZONES 210-211-212-214. IN ZONES 215-216 LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... MOST LIKELY IN AND NEAR THE NULATO HILLS. IN ZONE 213...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4-6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30-40 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WHEN THE WINDS INCREASE. WE WILL CHANGE THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. WATCHES FOR ZONES 207-209 WILL BE CONTINUED...BUT STARTING TIMES WILL BE PUSHED BACK SOME. THE MAIN ISSUE IN THESE ZONES WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. BRISK WEST WINDS WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY IN ZONE 204 THU NIGHT AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE EXITS EASTWARD AND IS REPLACED BY RAPIDLY BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE. EXITING SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL BRING A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW TO THE MUCH OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR TODAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ215- AKZ216. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213-AKZ214. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ207-AKZ209. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230. && RF FEB 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:50 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 42 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:50 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:30 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Feb 25, 4:47 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:08 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 39 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:08 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:45 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 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.