Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2009, 3:55 PM AKST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2009, 3:55 PM AKST (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2009, 2:43 PM AKST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 170055 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 355 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 AKZ215-171800- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0003.090117T0055Z-090117T1800Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 355 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. WINDS WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFG 171216 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 316 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 AKZ215-172100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090118T0000Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 316 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTHEAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. WINDS WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING LATE SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 171430 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 530 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 AKZ216-172000- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0002.090117T1430Z-090117T2000Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 530 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 55 MPH IN AREAS NEAR RUBY. GALENA IS EXPERIENCING WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AS WELL. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL THE STRONG LOW MOVES NORTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA LATER THIS MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ215-172000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090118T0000Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 530 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING WHILE THE STRONG LOW MOVES NORTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA LATER THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 171940 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1040 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 AKZ216-180000- /X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090118T0000Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 1040 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ215-180000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090118T0000Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 1040 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 172343 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 243 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 AKZ216-180045- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090118T0000Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 243 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ AKZ215-180045- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090118T0000Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 243 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Jan 16, 1:02 PM AKST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 1:02 PM AKST, 2 hours 53 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, 6:46 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Jan 16, 7:41 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:40 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 17, 5:30 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Jan 17, 1:01 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | 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.