Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 45, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 25, 2011, 2:56 AM AKST. It was in force for 25 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 25, 2011, 2:56 AM AKST (11:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2011, 3:39 AM AKST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
368 FZAK51 PAFG 251156 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 256 AM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-260300- 256 AM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 980 MB LOW 150 NM NORTH OF BARROW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD TO BE A 975 MB LOW OVER BANKS ISLAND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA AND WEST COAST OF ALASKA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY. $$ PKZ225-260300- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 256 AM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1/2 NM. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING W 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW IN THE EVENING. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-260300- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 256 AM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1/2 NM. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING W 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-260300- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 256 AM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1/4 NM. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 10 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ240-260300- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 256 AM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WINDS 45 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1/4 NM. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 50 KT BECOMING NW 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1/4 NM IN THE EVENING. .SAT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ245-260300- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 256 AM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 45 KT INCREASING TO 55 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1/4 NM. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1/4 NM. .SAT...W WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 5 KT. $$ RL/CC/TF FEB 11
2 follow-up statements
501 FZAK51 PAFG 252237 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 137 PM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-261730- 137 PM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 976 LOW NEAR BANKS ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH 1048 MB CENTER NEAR SAINT MICHAEL ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND SLIDE EAST TO NEAR CAPE ROMANZOF SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A 1055 MB HIGH WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ225-261730- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 137 PM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-261730- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 137 PM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-261730- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 137 PM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 5 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-261730- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 137 PM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 45 KT BECOMING NW 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 5 KT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-261730- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 137 PM AKST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 5 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ SDB/RF FEB 11
412 FZAK51 PAFG 261239 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 339 AM AKST SAT FEB 26 2011 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-270015- 339 AM AKST SAT FEB 26 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 980 LOW 250 NM EAST OF BANKS ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH 1050 MB CENTER NEAR SAINT MICHAEL ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE EAST TO NEAR CAPE ROMANZOF SATURDAY NIGHT AS A 1052 MB HIGH WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ225-270015- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 339 AM AKST SAT FEB 26 2011 .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-270015- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 339 AM AKST SAT FEB 26 2011 .TODAY...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-270015- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 339 AM AKST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-270015- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 339 AM AKST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-270015- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 339 AM AKST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ CC/CF 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 24, 4:36 PM AKST, 10 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 4:36 PM AKST, 10 hours 20 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 436 PM AKST THU FEB 24 2011 .DISCUSSION... OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WINTER WINTER CONTINUES OVER THE CWA. SEVERE BLIZZARD ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AS 988 MB LOW OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA DEEPENS ABOUT 10 MB AND SHOOTS EASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA. MANY AREAS WILL SEE GUSTS TO 60+ MPH...BARTER ISLAND WILL LIKELY SEE GUSTS TO 75 MPH. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. STRONG PRESSURE RISE FIELD WILL HELP SPIKE UP THE WINDS BOTH OVER THE INTERIOR AND IN THE ARCTIC ZONES. 6-10 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA...BOOSTED GFS SNOW QPF BY ABOUT 50% WHICH SHOULD BE A REASONABLE ESTIMATE... UNLESS ANOTHER LONG MESOSCALE SNOW BAND DOES ITS THING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND START TO DIMINISH LATE. SEA ICE IS BEING PUSHED UP AGAINST THE COAST IN THE NOME AREA...ADDITIONALLY A TIDAL SURGE COMBINED WITH MILD TEMPERATURES IS CREATING OPEN WATER AT RIVER MOUTHS AND IN ESTUARIES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ205-AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210- AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219- AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ225-AKZ227. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. STORM WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF FEB 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:21 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 62 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:56 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:07 PM AKST | Coastal Flood Warning | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:39 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:53 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 3 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.