Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at May 14, 2011, 7:24 AM AKDT. It took effect at May 14, 2011, 1:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 7 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
- May 14, 2011, 7:24 AM AKDT (15:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2011, 1:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 8:25 PM AKDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661 WWAK61 PAFC 141524 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 724 AM AKDT SAT MAY 14 2011 AKZ111-150500- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0005.110514T2100Z-110515T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 724 AM AKDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND IN THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND IN THE MATANUSKA VALLEY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR PALMER AND OUT OF THE KNIK VALLEY WILL GUST 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 40 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON CREATING RED FLAG CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RECOVER LATER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ141-150500- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0005.110514T2200Z-110515T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 724 AM AKDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND ALONG THE COPPER RIVER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND ALONG THE COPPER RIVER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COPPER RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 21 TO 34 PERCENT TO CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL END LATER THIS EVENING AS WINDS DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SLOWLY RECOVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
1 follow-up statement
932 WWAK61 PAFC 150425 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 825 PM AKDT SAT MAY 14 2011 AKZ111-141-150530- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110515T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY-COPPER RIVER BASIN- 825 PM AKDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COPPER RIVER. INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS HAVE ENDED RED FLAG CONDITIONS ALONG THE COPPER RIVER AND IN THE MATANUSKA VALLEY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| May 14, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| May 14, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 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.