Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2010
Storm Warning 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Feb 2, 2010, 10:59 AM AKST. It was in force for 16 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
- Feb 2, 2010, 10:59 AM AKST (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2010, 3:07 AM AKST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
035 FZAK51 PAFG 021959 AAA CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1059 AM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 UPDATED ZONES 240 AND 245 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-030200- 1059 AM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1006 MB LOW NEAR 70N 140W WILL MOVE TO BANKS ISLAND AS A 1007 MB LOW BY WED. A COLD FRONT WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA TUE NIGHT AND MOVE SOUTH TO THE BERING STRAIT WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ225-030200- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 1059 AM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ230-030200- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 1059 AM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-030200- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 1059 AM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-030200- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 1059 AM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 UPDATED FOR GALE ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...NW WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-030200- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 1059 AM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 UPDATED FOR STORM ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...NW WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 5 KT. $$ FEB 10
2 follow-up statements
770 FZAK51 PAFG 022239 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 139 PM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-031345- 139 PM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1002 MB LOW OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC WILL MOVE SOUTH AND AT 3 AM AKST WED WILL BE 1002 MB 420 NM NORTHEAST OF PRUDHOE BAY. THE LOW WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND AT 3 PM AKST THU WILL BE 1015 MB 300 NM NORTHEAST OF PRUDHOE BAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA WILL PERSIST AND WILL RIDGE TO OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BERING SEA ON THU THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$ PKZ225-031345- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 139 PM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ230-031345- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 139 PM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .WED...NW WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-031345- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 139 PM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-031345- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 139 PM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...NW WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-031345- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 139 PM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...NW WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...W WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 10 KT. $$ MKK/DA FEB 10
391 FZAK51 PAFG 031207 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 307 AM AKST WED FEB 3 2010 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-040315- 307 AM AKST WED FEB 3 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... AT 3 AM AKST WED...A 999 MB LOW WAS LOCATED 450 NM NORTHEAST OF PRUDHOE BAY. IT WILL MOVE SOUTH AND WEAKEN. BY 3 PM AKST THU THE LOW WILL BE 1014 MB 300 NM NORTHEAST OF PRUDHOE BAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA WILL PERSIST AND WILL RIDGE TO OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BERING SEA ON THU THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$ PKZ225-040315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 307 AM AKST WED FEB 3 2010 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-040315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 307 AM AKST WED FEB 3 2010 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-040315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 307 AM AKST WED FEB 3 2010 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-040315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 307 AM AKST WED FEB 3 2010 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-040315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 307 AM AKST WED FEB 3 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 45 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT BY LATE MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ RL/CB FEB 10
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Feb 2, 6:34 AM AKST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 6:34 AM AKST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 634 AM AKST TUE FEB 2 2010 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... A DEEP 489DM LOW NEAR 75N 130W WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHERN BEAUFORT SEA AS A 488 DM LOW BY WED PM THEN PERSIST INTO FRI BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTH. THIS WILL BRING MUCH COLDER WEATHER TO NORTHERN ALASKA NOW THROUGH FRI. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL ROTATE SOUTH OF THIS FEATURE AND OVER ALASKA. THE STRONGEST SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE TO THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WED AM AND OVER THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA WED PM. A RIDGE OVER WESTERN ALASKA WILL MOVE WEST INTO THE BERING SEA TONIGHT AND WED AS THE LOW DROPS SOUTH. SURFACE... A COLD FRONT FROM EAGLE TO THE BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE TO NORTHWAY TO GAMBELL BY 3AM TUE AND TO NORTHWAY TO BETHEL BY 3AM WED. SOME STRATUS AND FLURRIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS FRONT WILL SEE CLEARING AND FALLING TEMPERATURES NORTH OF THE FRONT. A 1006 MB LOW NEAR 70N 140W WILL MOVE TO BANKS ISLAND AS A 1007 MB LOW BY WED. A COLD FRONT WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA TUE NIGHT AND MOVE SOUTH TO THE BERING STRAIT WED NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WEST WINDS TO THE ARCTIC COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN ZONE 204 AND NEAR BLIZZARD IN ZONE 203. WILL SEE SNOW WITH THE FRONT ALONG THE ARCTIC SLOPE AND FLURRIES SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO 30 TO 40 BELOW NORTH OF THIS SECOND FRONT WED NIGHT AND THU NIGHT. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS. GFS AND ECMF AGAIN BRING A DEEPER LOW INTO THE BEAUFORT SEA TONIGHT THAN THE NAM SOLUTION. WE PREFER THE GFS TO THE NAM ON THIS AS THE GFS HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT. THIS RESULTS IN STRONGER WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THAN WHAT THE NAM WOULD INDICATE. && && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ203. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ213. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ218. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ235-PKZ240. && JB FEB 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:12 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Feb 2, 3:12 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 2, 3:49 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 26 hr | |
| Feb 2, 1:39 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 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.