Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 117, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 4, 2011, 3:17 PM AKDT. It was in force for 23 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
- Nov 4, 2011, 3:17 PM AKDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2011, 2:30 PM AKDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194 FZAK52 PAFG 042317 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 NORTHWESTERN 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. PKZ299-051430- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 986 MB LOW IN THE NORTHWEST GULF OF ALASKA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST TO THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA BY SAT MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BERING SEA TODAY AND MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AS A 977 MB LOW MOVES EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SAT MORNING. $$ PKZ200-051430- NORTON SOUND- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 25 KT NEAR CHANNELED AREAS THIS EVENING. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ210-051430- DALL POINT TO WALES- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. WINDS SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ215-051430- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ220-051430- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ JK/DJH NOV 11
2 follow-up statements
908 FZAK52 PAFG 051035 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 235 AM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-060145- 235 AM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 979 MB LOW IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST TO THE KUSKOKWIM BAY BY EARLY SUN MORNING...THEN MOVE INLAND. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE BERING SEA SUN EVENING. $$ PKZ200-060145- NORTON SOUND- 235 AM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER NOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY BECOMING HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 55 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ210-060145- DALL POINT TO WALES- 235 AM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER NOON. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY BECOMING HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 55 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED...W WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ215-060145- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 235 AM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ220-060145- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 235 AM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ RL/TF NOV 11
846 FZAK52 PAFG 052230 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 230 PM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 NORTHWESTERN 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. PKZ299-061330- 230 PM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 979 MB LOW IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL DEEPEN TO 975 MB THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST TO THE KUSKOKWIM BAY BY EARLY SUN MORNING...THEN MOVE INLAND. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE BERING SEA SUN EVENING. $$ PKZ200-061330- NORTON SOUND- 230 PM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG...SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...SW WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ210-061330- DALL POINT TO WALES- 230 PM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ215-061330- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 230 PM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ220-061330- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 230 PM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...E WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ JK/SDB NOV 11
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Nov 4, 3:03 PM AKDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 3:03 PM AKDT, 14 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 303 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .DISCUSSION... COMPLEX AND FAST MOVING WX PATTERN FOR MOST OF NRN ALASKA NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH THE PROSPECT OF A MAJOR BERING SEA STORM MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A 986 TRIPLE POINT LOW NE OF KODIAK MOVG TO S OF PAMD BY 4PM. 1011 MB SFC HIGH OF NW BERING SEA BUILDING TO NEAR THE BERING STRAIT BY 4PM AND THENCE INTO THE WRN INTERIOR SAT AM. MEANWHILE...NEW SFC LOW DVLPG NEAR THE PRIBILOFS SAT AM MOVG INTO BRISTOL BAY SUN AM...AGAIN WITH TRIPLE POINT LOW DVLPG IN THE NRN GLF OF ALASKA. NORTH SLOPE...RELATIVELY QUITE WX ON THE SLOPE FOR A FEW DAYS WITH NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND NOT TOO MUCH WIND. WEST COAST...WITH SURFACE LOW MOVING EWD WE HAVE ENDED THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR ALL ZONES. ANOTHER 977 MB LOW WILL ENTER THE SOUTHERN BERING SAT NIGHT/SUN AND THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL AGAIN BRING SNOW FOR ZONE 214 AND 215. THIS ONE IS QUIT MOVING AND EXPECTED 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR ZONE 214 AND UP TO 4 INCHES FOR ZONE 212 AND 215 BY SUNDAY MORNING. INTERIOR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WILL EXPIRE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR ZONE 221 AND 6 AM SAT MORNING FOR ZONE 219. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT IN ZONE 219 AS WELL. WE HAVE ADDED WINTER WX ADVISORY FOR ZONE 220 STEESE HIGHWAY SUMMITS FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN THE SOUTHWEST WIND BURST AS THE COLD AIR SLOSHES BACK EWD TONIGHT. 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING FOR FAIRBANKS AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF ZONE 222. IN THE MID-RANGE...ALL OPERATIONAL MODELS ARE NOW FORECASTING A MAJOR NORTHERN BERING SEA STORM FOR TUE NIGHT/WED TIME FRAME. 00Z FRI GEM AND ECMWF HAVE CENTRAL PRES AROUND 940MB AND GFS IS BELOW 950MB. GFS AND ECMWF HAVE LOW CENTER NEAR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WED...WHILE 00Z GEM IS CONSIDERABLY FARTHER WEST. DEPENDING ON THE TRACK THIS STORM HAS COASTAL FLOOD POTENTIAL AND WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. IN ANY CASE...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STORMY WX IS LIKELY OVR THE W CST AND WRN ARCTIC AT LEAST. MEANWHILE...CHILLY AMS OVER THE INTER EARLY IN THE MID-RANGE WILL BE ROOTED OUT BY THE BIG STORM. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. && JK NOV 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 1:35 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Nov 4, 1:42 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 50 hr | |
| Nov 4, 1:48 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Nov 4, 3:13 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Nov 4, 3:13 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Nov 4, 3:17 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Nov 4, 3:17 PM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 61 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.