Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2010
Storm Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Sep 25, 2010, 2:47 AM AKDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Sep 25, 2010, 2:47 AM AKDT (10:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2010, 2:12 PM AKDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
861 FZAK69 PAFG 251047 OFFAFG EXPERIMENTAL OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 247 AM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE US ARCTIC WATERS SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE TWICE AS HIGH. PKZ599-260200- 247 AM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC WATERS... A 989 MB LOW 250 NM NORTH OF BARROW WILL MOVE EAST TODAY AND THEN BEGIN TO MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH TONIGHT. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE DEPTH OF THE LOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE 350 NM NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY BY 4 AM AKDT SUNDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD OVER EASTERN RUSSIA THROUGH TONIGHT. AN AREA OF STORM FORCE WINDS IS EXPECTED TODAY ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW. $$ PKZ500-260200- WESTERN US ARCTIC OFFSHORE- 247 AM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ505-260200- CENTRAL US ARCTIC OFFSHORE- 247 AM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 17 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ510-260200- EASTERN US ARCTIC OFFSHORE- 247 AM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 .TODAY...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ MKK/CB SEP 10
1 follow-up statement
387 FZAK69 PAFG 252212 OFFAFG EXPERIMENTAL OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 212 PM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE US ARCTIC WATERS SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE TWICE AS HIGH. PKZ599-261315- 212 PM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC WATERS... A 992 MB LOW 350 NM NORTHEAST OF BARROW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TUE AND SLOWLY WEAKEN. $$ PKZ500-261315- WESTERN US ARCTIC OFFSHORE- 212 PM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ505-261315- CENTRAL US ARCTIC OFFSHORE- 212 PM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ510-261315- EASTERN US ARCTIC OFFSHORE- 212 PM AKDT SAT SEP 25 2010 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ SDB/ES SEP 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 Sep 24, 3:31 PM AKDT, 11 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 3:31 PM AKDT, 11 hours 16 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 331 PM AKDT FRI SEP 24 2010 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS. VERY DEEP 959 MB LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO PINWHEEL AROUND IN THE GULF THROUGH SATURDAY AND RAPIDLY FILL...HOWEVER THE GFS DOES FILL THE LOW MUCH QUICKER THAN THE ETA OR THE ECMWF. A 995 MB LOW ABOUT 400 NM NORTH OF BARROW WILL DEEPEN SLIGHTLY AND MOVE TO ABOUT 250 NM NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY BY SAT EVENING. STRONG COLD ADVECTION WILL PUSH ONSHORE OF THE ARCTIC COAST BY THIS EVENING. THIS SHOULD RAMP UP THE WINDS QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY AND SHOULD EVEN BE ENHANCED SOMEWHAT BY THE COLD ADVECTION. EXPECT GALES NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST IN OFFSHORE ZONES. GIVEN LONG FETCH DUE TO EXPANSIVE OPEN WATER NORTHWEST OF BARROW...THIS WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME EFFECT ON COASTAL ISSUES. COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS OUT FOR ZONE 202. HESITANT TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON THE WARNING AS THEN WINDS HAVE NOT COME UP LIKE THOUGHT...TO THIS POINT...HOWEVER THEY MAY BE DELAYED. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OR EVEN SQUALLS BEHIND THE FRONT GIVEN THE VERY WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND THE GOOD COLD AIR ALOFT MOVING OVER THE WATER. THE REINFORCING ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR DOWN SOUTH TO THE ALASKA RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL INCREASE WINDS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN THEN INTERIOR FROM SAT THROUGH SUN. APPEARS THAT THE COLD LONG WAVE TROUGH PATTERN MAY LOCK NORTHERN ALASKA INTO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 10 DAYS. EASTERLY FLOW OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA WILL PROVIDE THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS FROM SAY EAST OF EIELSON AFB ON SUNDAY WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. EASTERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE THE INFLUENCE OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE STRATUS AND THE FOG. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ201. COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR AKZ202. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF SEP 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:50 PM AKDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Sep 25, 2:47 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Sep 25, 2:53 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Sep 25, 2:13 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 37 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.