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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 1, 2009, 4:22 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 1, 2009, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2009, 4:22 AM AKST (13:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2009, 6:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2009, 3:27 PM AKST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 011322 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 422 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 AKZ225-020100- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091201T2100Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.091201T1500Z-091202T0300Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 422 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 69 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ AKZ223-011430- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-091201T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 422 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ226-020100- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091202T0300Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 422 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ220-020100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.091201T1500Z-091202T0300Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 422 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER SUMMITS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ AKZ222-020100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.091201T1500Z-091202T0300Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 422 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN PARTS OF THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK73 PAFG 020027 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 327 PM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 AKZ226-020130- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091202T0300Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 327 PM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AROUND 45 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH PASSES...BUT THIS IS BELOW ADVISORY OR WARNING STRENGTH. $$ AKZ220-222-225-020130- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-091202T0300Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-DENALI- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT... FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...NORTH POLE... MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...CHENA HOT SPRINGS... SOURDOUGH CAMP...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 327 PM AKST TUE DEC 1 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 Dec 1, 2:54 AM AKST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 2:54 AM AKST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 254 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009 .DISCUSSION... FAST SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WITH CHINOOK WINDS IN THE ALASKA RANGE WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AND BECOME LIGHT WED AS THE UPPER RIDGING MOVES EAST INTO CANADA. UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHERN BERING WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTHERN AK MAINLAND THU THROUGH THU NIGHT. MEDIUM RANGE PROGS SIMILAR WITH VERY STRONG UPPER HIGH BUILDING OVER NORTHERN AK EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL CONTINUE THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ226 TODAY...HIGH RESOLUTION NAM MODELING BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS TO 70-80 KT ALONG THE EASTERN AK RANGE TODAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. NO SURFACE REPORTS AVAILABLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS...FT GREELY MESONET IS OFFLINE. SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN WEST COAST AND NW AK SHOULD DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AS THE OCCLUDED FRONT PUSHES NORTH. SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER THE NORTHERN BERING TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE UPPER LOW LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF NORTHERN AK WILL LIKELY BRING SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ226. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF DEC 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 3:24 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Dec 1, 2:45 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 45 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.