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Freezing Rain Advisory 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK

May 20, 2011

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this freezing rain advisory at May 20, 2011, 2:54 AM AKDT. It took effect at May 20, 2011, 9:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2011, 2:54 AM AKDT (10:54 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2011, 9:00 PM AKDT
Expired: May 21, 2011, 4:47 AM AKDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at May 19, 3:02 PM AKDT, 11 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:02 PM AKDT, 11 hours 52 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
302 PM AKDT THU MAY 19 2011

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER LOWS JUST SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS SWING EAST TO THE GULF OF
ALASKA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM BANKS
ISLAND WEST TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WILL ALSO PERSIST. UPPER LOW
WILL MOVE NORTH OF WAINWRIGHT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH PERIODS
OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN FOR ZONE 201 AND FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR ZONE
202 A POSSIBILITY FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...FOR THE INTERIOR...SOUTH WINDS WILL LOCALLY GUST
TO TO 35 MPH WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 30 PERCENT THIS
EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT BUT WILL DECREASE
AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SB/RT

&&

.HYDROLOGY...FROM THE RIVER CENTER...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT FRIDAY FOR THE BUCKLAND RIVER AT
BUCKLAND. WATER HAS BEGUN TO RISE AND AFFECT LOW LYING VILLAGE
ROADS NEAR THE RIVER. WATER ROSE 2 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
VARIATIONS OF DEPTH IN THE UPTOWN PART OF THE VILLAGE RANGE
BETWEEN 1 AND 3 FEET OF WATER. WATER IS WITHIN 2 FEET OF COMING
OVER THE BANK AND INTO HOMES ALONG FRONT STREET. THE ROAD TO
UPTOWN AND THE AIRPORT IS UNDER WATER.

DOWNRIVER AT BUCKLAND THE ICE IS STILL IN PLACE AND MORE SERIOUS
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHEN THE ICE JAM UP RIVER RELEASES.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AKZ223-AKZ226.

RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ225.

FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ210.
&&

DA MAY 11

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 20, 2:30 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	27 hr
May 20, 7:39 AM AKDT	Red Flag Warning	AFG	14 hr
May 20, 10:01 AM AKDT	Areal Flood Warning	AFG	47 hr
May 20, 2:15 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	12 hr

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Sources

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