Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2011
Storm Warning 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Apr 6, 2011, 3:39 AM AKDT. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 6, 2011, 3:39 AM AKDT (11:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2011, 1:54 PM AKDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
061 FZAK52 PAFG 061139 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 339 AM AKDT WED APR 6 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. PKZ299-070245- 339 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 965 MB STORM OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE TO 250 MILES WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND BY 4 AM THU DEEPENING TO 940 MB. THE STORM WILL WEAKEN TO 965 MB NEAR DALL POINT BY 4 AM FRI. SEE SPECIAL MARINE AND WEATHER STATEMENTS CONCERNING ICE MOVEMENT DURING THIS EVENT. $$ PKZ200-070245- NORTON SOUND- 339 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. E WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 45 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-070245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 339 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 50 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM. .THU...NE WINDS 50 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-070245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 339 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG THIS MORNING... OTHERWISE VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-070245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 339 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/DJH APR 11
3 follow-up statements
180 FZAK52 PAFG 062255 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 255 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-071400- 255 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG 937 MB LOW 600 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAPE ROMANZOF WILL MOVE NORTHEAST. AT 4 PM AKDT THU...THE LOW WILL BE 951 MB AND LOCATED 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAPE ROMANZOF. AROUND MIDNIGHT THU NIGHT THE LOW WILL MOVE INLAND NEAR CAPE ROMANZOF AS A 960 MB LOW. SEE SPECIAL MARINE AND WEATHER STATEMENTS CONCERNING ICE MOVEMENT DURING THIS EVENT AT HTTP://PAFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV/ICEGRAPHICS.PHP. $$ PKZ200-071400- NORTON SOUND- 255 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 40 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-071400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 255 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 55 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 55 KT BECOMING NE 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-071400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 255 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-071400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 255 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ SAK/DA APR 11
639 FZAK52 PAFG 071129 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 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. PKZ299-080230- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 940 MB STORM 150 MILES SW OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR DALL POINT BY 4 AM FRI FILLING TO 965 MB. SEE SPECIAL MARINE AND WEATHER STATEMENTS CONCERNING ICE MOVEMENT DURING THIS EVENT AT HTTP://PAFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV/ICEGRAPHICS.PHP. $$ PKZ200-080230- NORTON SOUND- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 45 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT BY NOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING E 20 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-080230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 50 KT...EXCEPT SE WINDS 45 KT OFF THE YUKON DELTA. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT...EXCEPT SE WINDS 30 KT OFF THE YUKON DELTA. SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-080230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W 25 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-080230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/DJH APR 11
806 FZAK52 PAFG 072154 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-081300- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 953 MB STORM 150 MILES SE OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND BY 4 AM FRI FILLING TO 969 MB. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH FRI. SEE SPECIAL MARINE AND WEATHER STATEMENTS CONCERNING ICE MOVEMENT DURING THIS EVENT AT HTTP://PAFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV/ICEGRAPHICS.PHP. $$ PKZ200-081300- NORTON SOUND- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-081300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...N WINDS 45 KT DECREASING TO 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 35 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-081300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-081300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...N WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ CF/DA APR 11
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Apr 6, 3:11 AM AKDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:11 AM AKDT, 28 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 311 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 .DISCUSSION... SHORT WAVE TROUGH NOW OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR WILL BE GRADUALLY DAMPENING OUT AS IT LIFTS OUT TOWARD THE ALCAN BORDER BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL DIMINISH FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY AS THE SHORT WAVE PROGRESSES EASTWARD...WITH SOME LEFTOVER FLURRIES IN THE EVENING. STORM CENTER NOW APPROACHING THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS IS RAPIDLY DEEPENING...ONLY SMALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CURRENT GFS/NAM/EURO OUT THROUGH 00Z FRI. CURRENT WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE CONTINUED FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ216 WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING VALID MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM THU. GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES NEAR THE NULATO HILLS TONIGHT AND WED...4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE. FOR WED NIGHT AND THU...ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2-4 INCHES EXPECTED IN AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215- AKZ216 WITH LEFTOVER AND WRAPAROUND SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW DEVELOPING THU IN AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ217- AKZ219-PARTS OF AKZ220-AKZ221. A PERIOD OF CHINOOK WINDS IN THE ALASKA RANGE FROM LATE WED NIGHT THROUGH THU...DOWNSLOPE WILL KEEP AKZ225-AKZ226-SOUTHERN AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224 DRY. ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS LIKELY IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS...GOOD SUPPORT ALOFT WITH 700 MB WINDS ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE MAXING OUT AT 50 KT OR HIGHER. BRISK E-NE WINDS DEVELOPING ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THU CONTINUING THU NIGHT...BEGINNING TO DIMINISH FRI. && .FIRE WEATHER... NONE && .HYDROLOGY... NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214- AKZ215-AKZ216. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. STORM WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF APR 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:11 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:32 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:39 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:39 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:16 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:22 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Apr 6, 2:47 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Apr 6, 2:47 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:29 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 13 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.