Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 84, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Sep 11, 2011, 1:15 AM AKDT. It was in force for 12 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
- Sep 11, 2011, 1:15 AM AKDT (09:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2011, 1:27 PM AKDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
628 FZAK51 PAFG 110915 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 115 AM AKDT SUN SEP 11 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. PKZ298-120015- 115 AM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 972 MB LOW NORTH OF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH AND WEAKEN TO 986 MB ALONG THE NORTHEAST KAMCHATKA COAST BY 4 AM AKDT MONDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE ARCTIC COAST NORTH OF BARROW TO DEMARCATION POINT WILL MOVE NORTH TODAY. $$ PKZ225-120015- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 115 AM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KT. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. FOG. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ230-120015- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 115 AM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS DIMINISHING TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ235-120015- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 115 AM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ240-120015- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 115 AM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS. FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. FOG. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ245-120015- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 115 AM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. FOG. .MON...SW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING SE. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ JK/CB SEP 11
1 follow-up statement
465 FZAK51 PAFG 112127 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 127 PM AKDT SUN SEP 11 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. PKZ298-121300- 127 PM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 978 MB LOW NORTH OF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH AND WEAKEN TO 989 MB ALONG THE NORTHEAST KAMCHATKA COAST BY 4 PM AKDT MONDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE ARCTIC COAST 300 NM NORTH OF BARROW AND DEMARCATION POINT WILL MOVE NORTH TONIGHT. $$ PKZ225-121300- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 127 PM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ230-121300- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 127 PM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ235-121300- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 127 PM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ240-121300- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 127 PM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...W WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ245-121300- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 127 PM AKDT SUN SEP 11 2011 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SE. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...SW WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ RL/DA SEP 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 Sep 10, 2:22 PM AKDT, 10 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 2:22 PM AKDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 222 PM AKDT SAT SEP 10 2011 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR...TROUGH OVER CENTRAL BERING SEA AND RIDGE OVER NORTHERN MAINLAND ALASKA WILL BECOME HIGHLY AMPLIFIED BY SUNDAY...THEN PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. SURFACE...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE ARCTIC COAST NORTH OF BARROW TO DEMARCATION POINT WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH SUNDAY. A 977 MB LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY NORTHEAST OF THE KAMCHATKA COAST THROUGH MONDAY. AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL STALL JUST WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND SUNDAY NIGHT THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH MONDAY. NORTH SLOPE...SHOWERS WILL END SUNDAY AS TROUGH MOVES NORTH AND AWAY FROM THE NORTH SLOPE. BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL CAUSE DRY WEATHER WITH LIGHT WINDS TO FOLLOW MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WEST COAST...HIGH SURF ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM AKDT TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY MAY BE EXTENDED. SURF MODEL SHOWS SURGE STEADY TONIGHT AND DECREASING SLOWLY ON SUNDAY...THEREFORE SURF WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON HIGH AND LOW TIDES. SHOWERS WILL BECOME ISOLATED BY SUNDAY MORNING OVER MOST OF THE WEST COAST. SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL HAVE A FRONT APPROACH FROM THE WEST SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. INTERIOR...TREND WILL BE TOWARDS DRIER WEATHER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS HIGH BUILDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && DA SEP 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 9:34 PM AKDT | High Surf Advisory | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Sep 11, 1:13 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Sep 11, 1:26 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Sep 11, 1:27 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 25 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.