Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at May 17, 2011, 8:00 AM AKDT. It took effect at May 17, 2011, 1:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 43 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 17, 2011, 8:00 AM AKDT (16:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2011, 1:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 7:55 AM AKDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
001 WWAK61 PAFC 171556 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 800 AM AKDT TUE MAY 17 2011 AKZ111-180500- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0007.110517T2100Z-110518T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 800 AM AKDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE KNIK VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERS AND WINDS DIMINISH. 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. && $$ AKZ141-180600- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0007.110517T2100Z-110518T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 800 AM AKDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT THROUGHOUT THE COPPER RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
5 follow-up statements
875 WWAK61 PAFC 172354 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 354 PM AKDT TUE MAY 17 2011 AKZ111-190000- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110518T0700Z/ /X.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 354 PM AKDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND THROUGH THE KNIK VALLEY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND THROUGH THE KNIK VALLEY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERS AND WINDS DIMINISH. A REPEAT OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE KNIK VALLEY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING BELOW 30 PERCENT. AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER AND DIMINISHING WINDS BY MID EVENING WILL HELP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES 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. && $$ AKZ141-190000- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110518T0700Z/ /X.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 354 PM AKDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON HAVE PLUMMETED TO NEAR 15 PERCENT UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE BY LATE EVENING. A REPEAT OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY AS CONDITIONS WILL CHANGE LITTLE OVERNIGHT. WINDS SHOULD INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN DROP INTO THE 15 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE REGION THROUGH MID EVENING WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
863 WWAK61 PAFC 181507 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 707 AM AKDT WED MAY 18 2011 AKZ141-190500- /X.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 707 AM AKDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RECOVERED OVERNIGHT IN MUCH OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN AS CLOUDS MOVED IN. CLOUD COVER SHOULD BE THINNING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE WITH A FEW AREAS DROPPING TO NEAR 15 PERCENT. THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. HUMIDITIES WILL ON RECOVER ONCE AGAIN 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. && $$ AKZ111-190500- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 707 AM AKDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERS AND WINDS DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
080 WWAK61 PAFC 182335 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 335 PM AKDT WED MAY 18 2011 AKZ141-190045- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 335 PM AKDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT THIS EVENING...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AKZ111-200030- /X.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110520T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 335 PM AKDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THURSDAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THURSDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK VALLEY WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH LATER IN THE EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE 25 TO 30 PERCENT EARLY THIS EVENING THEN RECOVER ABOVE 30 PERCENT LATER IN THE EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
595 WWAK61 PAFC 190153 CCA RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 552 PM AKDT WED MAY 18 2011 AKZ141-190300- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 552 PM AKDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT THIS EVENING...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AKZ111-200200- /X.COR.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110520T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 552 PM AKDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS IN THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS IN THE MATANUSKA VALLEY. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK VALLEY WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH LATER IN THE EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE 25 TO 30 PERCENT EARLY THIS EVENING THEN RECOVER ABOVE 30 PERCENT LATER IN THE EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
740 WWAK61 PAFC 191555 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 755 AM AKDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... AKZ111-191700- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110520T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 755 AM AKDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MATANUSKA VALLEY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA THIS MORNING HAS BROUGHT INCREASED MOISTURE TO THE REGION. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ABOVE WARNING CRITERIA TODAY. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL AGAIN INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| May 17, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 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.