Alert archive / Alaska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Feb 8, 2011, 2:41 PM AKST. It took effect at Feb 9, 2011, 12:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 21 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 8, 2011, 2:41 PM AKST (23:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2011, 12:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2011, 8:46 PM AKST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
978 WWAK43 PAFG 082341 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 241 PM AKST TUE FEB 8 2011 AKZ218-090700- /X.UPG.PAFG.WS.A.0003.110209T1200Z-110210T1200Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WS.W.0020.110209T0900Z-110210T0900Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 241 PM AKST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM THE PIPELINE WEST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER MAINLAND ALASKA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN FROM THE PIPELINE WEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ AKZ219-090700- /X.UPG.PAFG.WS.A.0003.110209T1200Z-110210T1200Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WS.W.0020.110209T0900Z-110210T0900Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 241 PM AKST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER MAINLAND ALASKA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
137 WWAK43 PAFG 090351 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 651 PM AKST TUE FEB 8 2011 AKZ218-091500- /X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0020.110209T0900Z-110210T0900Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 651 PM AKST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM THE PIPELINE WEST... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER MAINLAND ALASKA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN FROM THE PIPELINE WEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ AKZ219-091500- /X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0020.110209T0900Z-110210T0900Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 651 PM AKST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER MAINLAND ALASKA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$
629 WWAK43 PAFG 091027 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 127 AM AKST WED FEB 9 2011 AKZ218-100000- /X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 127 AM AKST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT FROM THE PIPELINE WEST... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM BRISTOL BAY TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ AKZ219-100000- /X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 127 AM AKST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM BRISTOL BAY TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$
608 WWAK43 PAFG 100008 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 308 PM AKST WED FEB 9 2011 AKZ218-100815- /X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 308 PM AKST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT FROM THE PIPELINE WEST... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. A LOW NEAR AMBLER WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST TONIGHT...CROSSING THE CANADIAN BORDER BEFORE MORNING. EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR THE EVENT. LOWER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ AKZ219-100815- /X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 308 PM AKST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. A LOW NEAR AMBLER WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST TONIGHT...CROSSING THE CANADIAN BORDER BEFORE MORNING. STEADY SNOW WILL END BY MIDNIGHT...WITH JUST SOME SNOW SHOWERS THEREAFTER. EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR THE EVENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$
062 WWAK43 PAFG 100546 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 846 PM AKST WED FEB 9 2011 AKZ218-219-100700- /X.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES... BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...GOBBLERS KNOB 846 PM AKST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 8, 3:05 AM AKST, 11 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 3:05 AM AKST, 11 hours 36 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 305 AM AKST TUE FEB 8 2011 .DISCUSSION... MODELS...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE ECMWF BECOMES THE OUTLIER WITH LOWER HEIGHTS ACROSS THE AREA. ALOFT...RIDGE ALONG SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE COAST EXTENDS NORTH AND WEST ACROSS THE SEWARD PENINSULA. CLOSED LOW SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH INTO BRISTOL BAY TUESDAY EVENING. RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY AS THE LOW WORKS ITS WAY NORTH AND WEAKENS LEAVING A TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE TROUGH WILL SLIDE EAST OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE WITH A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST THURSDAY NIGHT. SURFACE...1044 MB HIGH OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST. A 1012 LOW IN THE NORTHERN BERING STRAIT WILL DRIFT EAST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST. 982 MB LOW NEAR SAND POINT TUESDAY MORNING WILL MOVE INTO BRISTOL BAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NEAR BETHEL TUESDAY EVENING AT 998 MB. THE LOW WILL THEN CONTINUE NORTH TO SELAWIK WEDNESDAY MORNING AND TO 100 NM SOUTH OF DEADHORSE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL EXTEND FROM ANAKTUVUK PASS TO TANANA TO COOK INLET WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN FROM DEADHORSE TO NENANA TO COOK INLET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND FROM CHALKYITSIK TO NABESNA BY THURSDAY MORNING. NORTH SLOPE...WEAK TROUGH ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST WILL BRING CLOUDS WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES BEGINNING LATER TUESDAY. LOW MOVING UP THE WEST COAST WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA JUST SOUTH OF DEADHORSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTENSIVE SNOWFALL ACROSS ALL THE ZONES. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN ZONE 205 WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES. WESTERN ALASKA...AREAS OF FOG THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO A MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT MOST AREAS TO SEE SNOW LATER THIS MORNING WITH AREAS SOUTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA SEEING A MIX OF DRIZZLE...RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALIZED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA NORTH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE AREA NORTH OF UNALAKLEET EAST OF NOME SOUTH OF RED DOG AND WEST OF GALENA. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH TO THE ARCTIC COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND COLD AIR PUSHES INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY THOUGH STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD BE THIS AFTERNOON. DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL KEEP AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE RELATIVELY PRECIPITATION FREE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR TUESDAY NIGHT THEN CONTINUE EAST INTO THE FAIRBANKS AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN TO THE BORDER BY THURSDAY MORNING. AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MOST AREAS WITH 2 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ205-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212- AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ218-AKZ219. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. && SDB FEB 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:08 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Feb 7, 3:45 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:57 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Feb 8, 2:35 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 44 hr | |
| Feb 8, 2:45 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Feb 8, 2:49 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Feb 8, 1:40 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 60 hr | |
| Feb 8, 1:45 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 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.