Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 29, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jul 30, 2012, 10:39 AM AKDT. It was in force for 17 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
- Jul 30, 2012, 10:39 AM AKDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2012, 3:41 AM AKDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214 FZAK52 PAFG 301839 AAA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1039 AM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 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. PKZ299-310315- 1039 AM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 995 MB LOW NEAR NOME WILL MOVE TO BARROW AS A 999 MB LOW BY MON MORNING...THEN CONTINUE NORTH. A WEATHER FRONT WILL APPROACH SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND FROM THE SOUTH ON TUE. $$ PKZ200-310315- NORTON SOUND- 1039 AM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FOG. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ210-310315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1039 AM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-310315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1039 AM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ220-310315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1039 AM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ JK JUL 12
2 follow-up statements
390 FZAK52 PAFG 302221 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 221 PM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-311330- 221 PM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1002 MB LOW NEAR KOTZEBUE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE LOCATED NEAR BARROW MONDAY NIGHT. A RIDGE IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE INLAND AS A 992 MB LOW MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA TO BE NEAR SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND ON TUE. $$ PKZ200-311330- NORTON SOUND- 221 PM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...RAIN. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ210-311330- DALL POINT TO WALES- 221 PM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SE AND INCREASING TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG...RAIN. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ215-311330- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 221 PM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ220-311330- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 221 PM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ CC/DA JUL 12
355 FZAK52 PAFG 311141 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012 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. PKZ299-010030- 341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 983 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA BY EARLY WED AND THEN CONTINUE EAST AND WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING EAST FROM THIS LOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WED. $$ PKZ200-010030- NORTON SOUND- 341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...RAIN. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ210-010030- DALL POINT TO WALES- 341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ215-010030- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012 .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ220-010030- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012 .TODAY...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ JUL 12
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 Jul 30, 5:06 AM AKDT, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 5:06 AM AKDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 506 AM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A WEAK OCCLUSION WORKING SLOWLY INTO CENTRAL INTERIOR TODAY. RIDGE SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT WITH WEAK LOW DVLPG NEAR FORT YUKON MON. DEEPENING LOW COMING OFF OF KAMCHATKA PRESENTLY WILL DEEPEN TO 984 MB MON EVENING NORTH OF SHEMYA...THEN GRINDING EWD TO BE NEAR ST PAUL ISLAND BY 12Z WED. THE CURRENT WEST COAST LOW PRODUCED A LOT OF RAIN ON THE SEWARD PEN. SMALL STREAM ADV FOR 211 213 AND 210 WILL BE CANCELED THIS MORNING. STREAMS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE HOWEVER THE LARGER RIVERS MAY STILL SEE RISE THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL STREAM IS STILL OUT FOR 208 AS THE RAIN IS STILL OCCURING BUT WILL BE DIMINISHING THIS MORNING. MID-RANGE GUIDANCE CONT TO PAINT THE SAME BASIC PICTURE AS THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WITH LOW CENTERED IN THE BERING SEA LOCKED INTO PLACE...WARM RIDGE ALOFT CENTERED EAST OF 125W...SO MOST ALL OF THE CWA IS THE THE CRCLN OF THE LOW. ERN ZONES PROBABLY NO COOLER THAN NORMAL...WHILE OVERALL COOL AND WET WX CONTINUES OVR THE WEST COAST. INTERIOR...ISOLATED THUNDER NEAR THE ALCAN BORDER TODAY...OTHERWISE SLIGHTLY COOLER FOR THE INTERIOR FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE FIRE WEATHER... NONE. HYDROLOGY... SEE ABOVE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ220. && JUL 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:42 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFG | 17 hr | |
| Jul 30, 10:39 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 41 hr | |
| Jul 30, 2:21 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | 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.