Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2010
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2010, 7:44 AM AKST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2010, 7:44 AM AKST (16:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2010, 3:16 PM AKST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
128 WWAK72 PAFG 101644 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 744 AM AKST SUN JAN 10 2010 AKZ212-110045- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0001.100110T1644Z-100111T0300Z/ EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS- INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK... SHAKTOOLIK 744 AM AKST SUN JAN 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING NEAR UNALAKLEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH NEAR UNALAKLEET WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 40 MPH IN OTHER AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ215-110045- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100111T0300Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 744 AM AKST SUN JAN 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING WEST OF RUSSIAN MISSION... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN AREAS WEST OF RUSSIAN MISSION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 TO 49 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
1 follow-up statement
386 WWAK72 PAFG 110016 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 316 PM AKST SUN JAN 10 2010 AKZ212-110130- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100111T0300Z/ EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS- INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK... SHAKTOOLIK 316 PM AKST SUN JAN 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ AKZ215-110600- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100111T1500Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 316 PM AKST SUN JAN 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY WEST OF RUSSIAN MISSION... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN AREAS WEST OF RUSSIAN MISSION THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 TO 49 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning 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 high wind warning went out at Jan 10, 5:20 AM AKST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 5:20 AM AKST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 520 AM AKST SUN JAN 10 2010 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... A RIDGE OVER THE BERING STRAIT WILL PERSIST BUT WEAKEN SLOWLY THROUGH TUE. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR SUN 3PM THEN MOVE EAST INTO CANADA. THIS WILL CAUSE INCREASING WINDS SOUTH OF 65N LATITUDE TODAY. THIS WILL ALSO KEEP FLURRIES IN THE EXTREME SE INTERIOR. SURFACE... A 1041 MB HIGH NEAR BARROW WILL MOVE OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA AND YUKON TERRITORY SUN PM AND THEN PERSIST INTO TUE. THIS WILL CAUSE EAST WINDS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST SUN PM. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE COLD DRAINAGE WINDS DOWN THE TANANA AND YUKON RIVER TO DEVELOP SUN PM AND CONTINUE INTO TUE. AN OCCLUDED FRONT IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE ALONG THE GULF OF ALASKA COAST MON AND THEN DISSIPATE AS ANOTHER FRONT/LOW MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. THIS WILL KEEP A STRONG SURFACE GRADIENT OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR. THIS WILL ALSO BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR MON PM-TUE. A WEATHER FRONT WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA BY 3AM TUE AND TO THE CENTRAL ARCTIC COAST BY 3PM TUE. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW WITH THIS. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR PATTERNS. THE NAM AGAIN DROPS MORE SHORT WAVE ENERGY SOUTH ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER TODAY THAN DOES THE GFS. THE GFS MOVES MORE OF THE SHORT WAVE ENERGY EAST INTO CANADA. WE AGAIN FAVOR THE GFS. THE RESULT IS THAT THE GFS HAS A BIT LESS WIND AT 700 AND 850 MB OVER THE INTERIOR THAT THE NAM. THIS WILL MEAN SLIGHTLY LESS WIND OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR THAN THE NAM WOULD SHOW. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL WATCH FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ215. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ223. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. && JB JAN 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 7:30 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 32 hr | |
| Jan 10, 4:05 AM AKST | Wind Chill Watch | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Jan 10, 7:45 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 10, 8:08 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 7 hr | |
| Jan 10, 8:21 AM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 33 hr | |
| Jan 10, 1:25 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 14 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.