Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at May 8, 2012, 3:39 PM AKDT. It took effect at May 9, 2012, 3:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2012, 3:39 PM AKDT (23:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2012, 3:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2012, 8:48 AM AKDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
587 WWAK61 PAFC 082339 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 339 PM AKDT TUE MAY 8 2012 AKZ111-091545- /X.UPG.PAFC.FW.A.0001.120509T2200Z-120510T0800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0005.120509T2300Z-120510T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 339 PM AKDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. BY LATE EVENING THE HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RISE AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ141-091545- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0005.120509T2300Z-120510T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 339 PM AKDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. BY LATE EVENING THE HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RISE AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
2 follow-up statements
403 WWAK61 PAFC 091543 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 743 AM AKDT WED MAY 9 2012 AKZ141-091645- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0005.120509T2300Z-120510T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 743 AM AKDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN RESULTING IN AT LEAST A COUPLE INCHES ACCUMULATION. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THAN WERE ORIGINALLY EXPECTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ AKZ111-100500- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0005.120509T2300Z-120510T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 743 AM AKDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY. * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 35 PERCENT. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER INTO THE 50S AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
332 WWAK61 PAFC 091648 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 848 AM AKDT WED MAY 9 2012 AKZ111-091800- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0005.120509T2300Z-120510T0500Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 848 AM AKDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days | |
| May 8, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| May 8, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| May 8, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| May 8, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 31 hr | |
| May 8, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days | |
| May 8, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| May 8, 6:30 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 22 hr | |
| May 8, 8:26 AM AKDT | Fire Weather Watch | AFC | 7 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.