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High Surf Advisory 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high surf advisory at Sep 17, 2012, 6:35 AM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 17, 2012, 12:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2012, 6:35 AM AKDT (14:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 17, 2012, 12:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2012, 2:58 PM AKDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493 WHAK49 PAFG 171435 CFWAFG URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 635 AM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...A STORM NOW MOVING NORTH OF KOTZEBUE WILL CAUSE SOUTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA AND KOTZEBUE SOUND TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MODERATE TO HIGH SURF STARTING THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST FROM SHISHMAREF TO CAPE KRUSENSTERN INCLUDING KOTZEBUE. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THIS EVENT... ...A STORM DEVELOPING ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST NORTH OF BARROW TODAY WILL CAUSE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE HIGH WAVES TO PUSH INTO THE COAST FROM POINT LAY TO POINT BARROW STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY... AKZ201-172245- /X.NEW.PAFG.SU.Y.0005.120918T0000Z-120919T0200Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 635 AM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM AKDT TUESDAY NORTHEAST OF POINT LAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE COAST NORTHEAST OF POINT LAY. * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...HIGH SURF WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY. && $$ AKZ202-172245- /X.NEW.PAFG.SU.Y.0005.120918T0000Z-120919T0200Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 635 AM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM AKDT TUESDAY FROM POINT BARROW WEST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE COAST FROM POINT BARROW WEST. * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...HIGH SURF WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY. && $$ AKZ207-172245- /X.NEW.PAFG.SU.Y.0005.120917T2000Z-120918T0800Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 635 AM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT SOUTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...SOUTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...HIGH SURF WILL DEVELOP BY NOON TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY. FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ209-172245- /X.NEW.PAFG.SU.Y.0005.120917T2000Z-120918T0800Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 635 AM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...HIGH SURF WILL DEVELOP BY NOON TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY. FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. && $$
1 follow-up statement
506 WHAK49 PAFG 172258 CFWAFG URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 258 PM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012 LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH OF THE ALASKA COAST FROM BARROW TO BERING STRAIT HAS BEEN WEAKENING...AND THE THREAT OF DAMAGING HIGH SURF HAS ENDED. AKZ207-209-180000- /X.CAN.PAFG.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120918T0800Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST-BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG... KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 258 PM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF THE COAST FROM BERING STRAIT TO CAPE LISBURNE IS WEAKENING. TIDES AT KOTZEBUE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING LOW. $$ AKZ201-202-180000- /X.CAN.PAFG.SU.Y.0005.120918T0000Z-120919T0200Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE... BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 258 PM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG THE COAST FROM CAPE LISBURNE TO BARROW HAVE NOT STRENGTHENED ENOUGH TO CAUSE HEAVY SURF TO COME ASHORE ABOVE THE NORMAL SURF ZONE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Sep 16, 2:24 PM AKDT, 16 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 2:24 PM AKDT, 16 hours 11 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 224 PM AKDT SUN SEP 16 2012 .DISCUSSION... THE NAM AND GFS COMPUTER WEATHER FORECAST MODELS HAVE THE SAME SOLUTION FOR THE PATH AND STRENGTH OF THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NOW MOVING NORTH IN KUSKOKWIM BAY. INCREASED SPEED OF ITS NORTHWARD MOVEMENT WILL CARRY IT TO BARROW AT 10 AM MONDAY...AND THEN SLOWLY WESTWARD TO 200 MILES NORTH OF POINT LAY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CIRCULATION AROUND THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN THROUGH TUESDAY. A SMALLER LOW NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND WILL DISSIPATE SUN NIGHT. A LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR PRUDHOE BAY SUN NIGHT AND MOVE TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARROW BY 4PM MON AND THEN DRIFT WEST. A SECONDARY LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE PRIBILOF ISLAND WATERS MONDAY EVENING AND TO REACH THE YUKON DELTA TUESDAY. CIRCULATION AROUND THIS LOW IS NOT AT ALL AS STRONG AS CIRCULATION AROUND THE FIRST LOW. THE SECONDARY LOW IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ENERGY LEVEL OF WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER NORTHERN ALASKA WILL LESSEN CONSIDERABLY BY TUESDAY AND IS FORECAST BY THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS TO CONTINUE AT A LOW LEVEL UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND...WHEN A NEW NORTH PACIFIC LOW IS PROJECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA. BEYOND THIS TIME...THE FORECAST UNCERTAINTY IS TOO HIGH FOR MUCH OF A CONFIDENCE FACTOR TO THE FORECASTS. THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED. THE DOWN SLOPE WINDS OVER THE ALASKA RANGE...TO THE EAST OF TODAYS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...ARE HIGH. THE FAIRBANKS RADAR IS NOW MEASURING SOUTH WINDS TO 100 KNOTS / 115 MPH. / THE HAZE...FROM BLOWING DUST...HAS BEEN VISIBLE TO THE DISTANT SOUTH OF FAIRBANKS SINCE SUNRISE. THE VERY LARGE CLOUD SHIELD IN ADVANCE OF THE BRISTOL BAY LOW IS STARTING TO DIMINISH IN EXTENT. THE THICKEST CLOUDS OVER THE REALM ARE NOW OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND THE ARCTIC. INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES NEAR -60 DEGREES C...WHICH TODAY IS AT AN ALTITUDE NEAR 35 THOUSAND FEET. THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS STRONGLY DEFINED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE FRONT IS WRAPPED AROUND THE YUKON DELTA AND EXTENDS THROUGH GALENA THROUGH 50 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE / 150 DEGREES WEST...WHICH IS ABOUT 700 MILES SOUTH OF ANCHORAGE. THIS FEATURE WILL BEGIN TO LOSE STRENGTH...BUT NOT UNTIL TONIGHT. POLAR ORBITING SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS SHOWN THE WEATHER FRONT WRAPPED AROUND THE WRANGEL ISLAND LOW ADVANCING SOUTHWESTWARD. CIRCULATION AROUND THIS LOW IS NOT TOO STRONG...BUT HAS NOT LOST WHAT STRENGTH IT DOES HAVE DURING THE DAY TODAY. THERE ARE LARGE BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY TODAY. AND THERE IS A CLEAR ZONE ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE BEHIND THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRISTOL BAY LOW. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...SOME HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE ALASKA RANGE...MOSTLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE...AND IN THE UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .HYDROLOGY... SOME MODERATE RAIN IN ADVANCE OF THE BRISTOL BAY LOW FRONT. SOME 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ARE... PHELAN CREEK NEAR PAXON................1.35 INCHES RICHARDSON HIGHWAY NEAR TRIMMS CAMP....3.99 FLAT...................................1.46 MCGRATH................................1.03 STREAMS IN THESE AREAS ARE AT LOW STAGES...SO NO PROBLEMS WITH HIGH WATER ARE EXPECTED. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ227. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235- PKZ240-PKZ245. && TF SEP 12
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 17, 12:47 AM AKDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1247 AM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 11 S TOK 63.15N 143.01W
09/16/2012 M25 MPH AK TRAINED SPOTTER
NORTH GUSTING
&&
PWEIMERLocal storm report, Sep 17, 12:50 AM AKDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1250 AM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM HIGH SUST WINDS NORTH POLE 64.75N 147.36W
09/16/2012 U0 MPH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
HIGH WINDS, POWER OUTAGE, 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0553 PM HIGH SUST WINDS NORTH POLE 64.75N 147.36W
09/16/2012 U0 MPH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
HIGH WINDS, POWER OUTAGE, 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN IN
YARD
&&
PWEIMERLocal storm report, Sep 17, 12:56 AM AKDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1256 AM AKDT MON SEP 17 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1253 AM HIGH SUST WINDS 20 E CENTRAL 65.55N 144.16W
09/17/2012 M65 MPH AK AWOS
AT EAGLE SUMMIT
1256 AM HIGH SUST WINDS 20 W CENTRAL 65.55N 145.56W
09/17/2012 M65 MPH AK AWOS
AT EAGLE SUMMIT
&&
PWEIMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 6:11 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Sep 17, 4:11 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Sep 17, 2:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Sep 17, 2:31 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 24 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.