Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 17, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2009, 4:35 AM AKDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2009, 4:35 AM AKDT (12:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2009, 4:13 AM AKDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 221235 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 435 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 AKZ219-230000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.090322T1235Z-090323T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 435 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY FOR HIGHER SUMMITS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY. OVER HIGHER SUMMITS...EAST WINDS TO GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 221835 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1035 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 AKZ219-230600- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090323T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 1035 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY FOR HIGHER SUMMITS... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY. OVER HIGHER SUMMITS...EAST WINDS TO GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 230415 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 815 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 AKZ219-231400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090323T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 815 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY FOR HIGHER SUMMITS... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY. OVER HIGHER SUMMITS...AN EAST WIND WILL GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 231318 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 518 AM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 AKZ219-240000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090324T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 518 AM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT TUESDAY FOR HIGHER SUMMITS... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT TUESDAY. EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO AS HIGH AS 40 MPH OVER HIGHER SUMMITS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 232212 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 212 PM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 AKZ219-241400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090324T2000Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 212 PM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR HIGHER SUMMITS... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AKDT TUESDAY. EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO AS HIGH AS 40 MPH OVER HIGHER SUMMITS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING PRODUCING WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW FOR THE SUMMITS. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 241213 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 413 AM AKDT TUE MAR 24 2009 AKZ219-241315- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090324T2000Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 413 AM AKDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY HAVE MODERATED. $$
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 Mar 22, 12:47 AM AKDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 12:47 AM AKDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1247 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT RUNS OF GFS/NAM/ECMWF ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH TUE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. A GENERALLY COLD AND DRY PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK...BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR IS LIKELY TO SEE A LITTLE MODERATION IN THE COLD BEGINNING AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS A LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW PATTERN SETS UP. THE MODERATION AND SOUTHERLY FLOW IS A RESULT OF A VERY STRONG SURFACE LOW EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA AREA BY WED AFTERNOON...THEN MOVING TO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA BY THU AFTERNOON AS IT STARTS TO FILL. WILL CONTINUE THE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES CURRENTLY POSTED. TEMPERATURES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CERTAINLY BE COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILL WITH ADEQUATE WIND SPEEDS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ206-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219- AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF MAR 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:30 PM AKDT | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Mar 22, 3:47 AM AKDT | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:51 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 3 days |
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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.