Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2009, 4:03 PM AKST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2009, 4:03 PM AKST (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2009, 2:11 AM AKST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 280103 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 403 PM AKST FRI FEB 27 2009 AKZ225-281500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.090228T0103Z-090301T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 403 PM AKST FRI FEB 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. SOUTH WINDS THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL GUST TO 60 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ AKZ226-281500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.090228T0103Z-090301T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 403 PM AKST FRI FEB 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. SOUTH WINDS THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF WILL GUST TO 60 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 280515 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 815 PM AKST FRI FEB 27 2009 CORRECTED TIME AKZ225-281500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-090228T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 815 PM AKST FRI FEB 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL GUST TO 60 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ AKZ226-281500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-090228T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 815 PM AKST FRI FEB 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF WILL GUST TO 60 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 281111 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 211 AM AKST SAT FEB 28 2009 AKZ225-226-281215- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-090228T1500Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 211 AM AKST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ RT FEB 09
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 27, 3:46 PM AKST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 3:46 PM AKST, 17 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 346 PM AKST FRI FEB 27 2009 .DISCUSSION... WEST COAST WARNINGS WILL BE WINDING DOWN WEST TO EAST TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. ANOTHER MAJOR STORM IS STILL ON THE SUN EVENING TO MON TIME FRAME. THIS ONE WILL BE MOVING A LITTLE QUICKER AND WITH LESS TEMPERATURE CONTRAST. THE WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR 216 AND 217 WERE UPGRADED TO WARNINGS... MAINLY FOR HEAVY SNOW... WITH CRITERIA BEING MET LOCALLY INSTEAD OF WIDESPREAD. THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR ZONE 213 WAS EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. NEW BLIZZARD WARNINGS INCLUDE ZONE 202 BEGINNING AT 3 AM SAT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY... WITH MAIN CONCERN BEING FOR STRONG GUSTS MIXING WITH SNOW IN POST FRONTAL STAGE... AND FOR ZONE 206 FOR SOUTH WINDS THROUGH PASSES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SNOW LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH SAT IN ZONE 218...WEST OF THE PIPELINE... AND ZONE 219. EAGLE SUMMIT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. ALSO... ZONE 221 HAS BEEN GIVEN AN ADVISORY FOR SNOW WEST OF MANLEY TONIGHT TO TOMORROW MORNING. WIND ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ202. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ208-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ205-AKZ206-AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210- AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ245. && DA FEB 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:08 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 59 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:08 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:39 PM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 3 hr | |
| Feb 27, 4:00 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Feb 28, 2:39 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 28, 2:43 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Feb 28, 3:36 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 17 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.