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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Nov 2, 2011, 1:30 PM AKDT. It took effect at Nov 3, 2011, 12:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2011, 1:30 PM AKDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2011, 12:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2011, 2:19 AM AKDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
500 WWAK73 PAFG 022130 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 130 PM AKDT WED NOV 2 2011 AKZ225-031300- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.111103T2000Z-111104T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 130 PM AKDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 7 AM AKDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 7 AM AKDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$
4 follow-up statements
229 WWAK73 PAFG 031250 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 450 AM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 AKZ225-040000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.111103T2000Z-111104T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 450 AM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM AKDT FRIDAY... * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$
440 WWAK73 PAFG 032306 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 306 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 AKZ225-040715- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-111104T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 306 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT FRIDAY... * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$
808 WWAK73 PAFG 040449 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 849 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 AKZ226-041300- /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-111104T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 849 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$ AKZ225-041300- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-111104T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 849 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT FRIDAY... * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$
088 WWAK73 PAFG 041019 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 AKZ225-041130- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-111104T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 219 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ226-041130- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-111104T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 219 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ RT NOV 11
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Nov 2, 6:21 AM AKDT, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 6:21 AM AKDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 621 AM AKDT WED NOV 2 2011 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT... A DEEP 480 DM LOW NEAR 80N/150W HAS A LONG WAVE TROUGH SOUTH OVER MAINLAND ALASKA. THE TROUGH WILL PROGRESS INTO NW CANADA BY WED AS A LONG WAVE RIDGE BUILDS OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WED AND THU. THE NEXT LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE BERING SEA WED AND THU. SURFACE... A 995 MB LOW 200 NM NORTHWEST OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE 300 NM NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT AS A 995 MB LOW BY 4AM WED AND THEN CONTINUE NORTHEAST. THIS LOW IS WEAKER THAN WAS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST AND THE WINDS HAVE BEEN MUCH LESS THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS INDICATED. STILL EXPECT LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE ARCTIC COAST WITH THIS STORM FOR ZONE 204 THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BREACHES IN THE SEAWALL OF BARROW WITH SOME FLOODING ON LOW LYING ROADS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AND BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON ENDING THE COASTAL FLOOD THREAT FOR THE BARROW AREA. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF OVER ZONE 224 AND EASTERN 226, CANCELED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THOSE ZONES. A STRONG LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA ON THU MORNING AND INTO THE EASTERN BERING AS A 975 MB LOW BY 4PM THU. THIS WILL BRING STRONG EAST WINDS TO THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA THU INTO FRI AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ230. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235-PKZ240. && JK NOV 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 1:51 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Nov 2, 1:51 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Nov 2, 1:54 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 4 days | |
| Nov 2, 1:33 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 32 hr | |
| Nov 2, 1:56 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Nov 2, 1:56 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Nov 2, 2:02 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 61 hr | |
| Nov 2, 2:05 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Nov 2, 2:05 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 49 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.