Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 32, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 19, 2011, 3:10 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 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
- Feb 19, 2011, 3:10 AM AKST (12:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2011, 3:09 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
606 FZAK52 PAFG 191210 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 310 AM AKST SAT FEB 19 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. PKZ299-200315- 310 AM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1004 MB LOW OVER THE BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE BERING SEA. THIS RIDGE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST TO THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG WEATHER FRONT APPROACHES ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. A 965 MB STORM EAST OF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE TO THE GULF OF ANADYR BY 4 AM SUN WEAKENING TO 977 MB. $$ PKZ200-200315- NORTON SOUND- 310 AM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS 10 KT AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...S WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SW WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-200315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 310 AM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING THIS MORNING. E WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER NOON WITH BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SW WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 45 KT DECREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-200315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 310 AM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 10...EXCEPT W WINDS 20 KT SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG THIS MORNING. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 35 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ220-200315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 310 AM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ RF/DJH FEB 11
2 follow-up statements
095 FZAK52 PAFG 192217 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 117 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-201630- 117 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 993 MB LOW 350 NM N OF BARROW WILL DISSIPATE BY SUN EVENING. A 969 MB LOW 250 E OF KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE TO NEAR SHISHMAREF AS 988 MB BY SUN AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL THEN TRACK NE TO NEAR PRUDHOE BAY AS 998 MB BY LATE SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-201630- NORTON SOUND- 117 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SE 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SW WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...W WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-201630- DALL POINT TO WALES- 117 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SW WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-201630- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 117 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ220-201630- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 117 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ CC/CF FEB 11
574 FZAK52 PAFG 201209 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 309 AM AKST SUN FEB 20 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. PKZ299-210315- 309 AM AKST SUN FEB 20 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 993 MB LOW 350 NM N OF BARROW WILL DISSIPATE BY SUN EVENING. A 969 MB LOW 250 E OF KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE TO NEAR SHISHMAREF AS 988 MB BY SUN AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL THEN TRACK NE TO NEAR PRUDHOE BAY AS 998 MB BY LATE SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-210315- NORTON SOUND- 309 AM AKST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT BECOMING SW THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-210315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 309 AM AKST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-210315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 309 AM AKST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ220-210315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 309 AM AKST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ RF/DJH FEB 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 Feb 19, 1:26 AM AKST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 1:26 AM AKST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 126 AM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT GFS/NAM/EUROPEAN RUNS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE WEATHER SCENARIO OUT THROUGH MON. WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALONG 160W MOVING EAST TO THE ALCAN BORDER BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...GRADUALLY WEAKENING IN AMPLITUDE. A BRIEF DUSTING OF SNOW IN INTERIOR AREAS WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT MOVES EAST. LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUING IN SOUTHEAST PARTS OF AKZ224 AND CENTRAL/EASTERN AKZ226 THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW. 965 MB STORM NOW JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WEAKENING TO 977 MB OVER THE GULF OF ANADYR BY 12Z SUN...AND TO 986 MB JUST WEST OF KOTZEBUE SOUND BY 00Z MON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ON ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AROUND 03Z SUN... AND IN AKZ207-AKZ209 ABOUT 6 HOURS LATER. ALL MODELS INDICATING SIGNIFICANT QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 6 INCHES EXPECTED OVER MOST WEST COAST ZONES AND IN AKZ215. NORTHERN PARTS OF SEWARD PEN IN AKZ210 WILL HAVE LESS SNOW DUE TO DOWNSLOPE. SNOW SPREADING RAPIDLY INTO THE CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR SUN THROUGH SUN EVENING AS A FLAT HIGH SPEED WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PUNCHES EASTWARD BEHIND A SHORT WAVE RIDGE. FAIRBANKS AREA COULD SEE UP TO AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW DURING THE 36 HOUR PERIOD SUN THROUGH MON. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...GFS/EURO BUILDING HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE ALOFT OVER ALASKA BY WED WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD AND BREAK DOWN BY WED AS ANOTHER SURGE OF MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW MOVES INTO THE FORECAST AREA. TRACK AND TIMING OF SURFACE SYSTEMS IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...ONE OR TWO LOWS MAY TRAVEL OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE EASTWARD ACROSS THE ARCTIC...ANOTHER STORM POSSIBLE IN THE BERING FRIDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ209-AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF FEB 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 9:28 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 7 hr | |
| Feb 19, 3:10 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Feb 19, 4:51 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Feb 19, 4:51 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Feb 19, 5:07 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Feb 19, 1:17 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Feb 19, 1:17 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Feb 19, 1:57 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 44 hr | |
| Feb 19, 2:08 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 69 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.