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High Surf Advisory 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 6, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high surf advisory at Oct 6, 2012, 5:24 AM AKDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2012, 5:24 AM AKDT (13:24 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2012, 11:03 AM AKDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

976 
WHAK49 PAFG 061324
CFWAFG

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
524 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

A LOW IN THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE TO POINT HOPE AS A
BY 4AM SUNDAY AND THEN DISSIPATE. THIS STORM WILL KEEP ELEVATED SEA
LEVELS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA TODAY. THIS STORM WILL ALSO
CAUSE SOUTH WINDS TO PUSH WAVES ONSHORE ALONG SOUTH FACING
COASTLINES.


AKZ213-062000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.CF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121006T2000Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
524 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY...

THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY.

* LOCATION...THE SEWARD PENINSULA COAST FROM CAPE RODNEY TO THE 
  BERING STRAIT...INCLUDING LITTLE DIOMEDE. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...A STORM SURGE CAUSING TIDES OF 5 FEET
  ABOVE NORMAL WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. HIGH SURF WILL
  ALSO OCCUR CAUSING MAJOR BEACH EROSION.

* TIMING...ELEVATED SEA LEVELS AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THIS
  MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING CAUSING SEA
  LEVELS TO FALL AND HIGH SURF TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST IS
  EXPECTED. MAJOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO EXPECTED. THIS COULD
  DAMAGE BOATS AND OTHER PROPERTY LEFT NEAR THE BEACH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT RISING SEA WATER THAT CAUSES
FLOODING IS EXPECTED. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

$$

AKZ212-062000-
/X.CON.PAFG.CF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121006T2000Z/
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK...
SHAKTOOLIK
524 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT
TODAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY. 

* LOCATION...ALONG THE NORTON SOUND COAST FROM UNALAKLEET TO CAPE
  DARBY.

* WAVES...A STORM SURGE CAUSING TIDES OF 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL
  CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. HIGH SURF WILL ALSO OCCUR CAUSING
  MAJOR BEACH EROSION.

* TIMING...ELEVATED SEA LEVELS AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THIS
  MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING CAUSING SEA
  LEVELS TO FALL AND HIGH SURF TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST IS
  EXPECTED. MAJOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO EXPECTED. THIS COULD
  DAMAGE BOATS AND OTHER PROPERTY LEFT NEAR THE BEACH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT RISING SEA WATER THAT CAUSES
FLOODING IS EXPECTED. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

$$

AKZ207-062130-
/X.NEW.PAFG.SU.Y.0008.121006T1324Z-121007T0000Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
524 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON 
   NORTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN.

* WAVES AND SURF...WILL CAUSE SEA LEVELS 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. 

* TIMING...HEAVY SURF IS NOW DEVELOPING AND WILL CONTINUE TODAY.
  THE HEAVY SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...MAJOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO EXPECTED. THIS COULD
  DAMAGE BOATS AND OTHER PROPERTY LEFT NEAR THE BEACH.

 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS
EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

&&

$$

AKZ211-062000-
/X.NEW.PAFG.SU.Y.0008.121006T1324Z-121006T2000Z/
SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST-
INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN
524 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY. 

* WAVES AND SURF...ARE NOW CAUSING SEA LEVELS 5 FEET ABOVE
  NORMAL.

* TIMING...ELEVATED SEA LEVELS AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THIS
  MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING CAUSING SEA
  LEVELS TO FALL AND HIGH SURF TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...MAJOR BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED. THIS COULD DAMAGE
  BOATS AND OTHER PROPERTY LEFT NEAR THE BEACH.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS
EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
063 
WHAK49 PAFG 061808
CFWAFG

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1008 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

A LOW IN THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE TO POINT HOPE AS A BY
4AM SUNDAY AND THEN DISSIPATE. 

AKZ212-213-061915-
/X.CAN.PAFG.CF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121006T2000Z/
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK...
SHAKTOOLIK...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
1008 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. 


$$

AKZ211-061915-
/X.CAN.PAFG.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121006T2000Z/
SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST-
INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN
1008 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
SURF ADVISORY. 


$$

AKZ207-070000-
/X.CON.PAFG.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121007T0000Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
1008 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN.

* WAVES AND SURF...WILL CAUSE SEA LEVELS 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

* TIMING...HEAVY SURF IS NOW DEVELOPING AND WILL CONTINUE TODAY. 
  THE HEAVY SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...MAJOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO EXPECTED. THIS COULD 
  DAMAGE BOATS AND OTHER PROPERTY LEFT NEAR THE BEACH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS
EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

&&

$$
RT OCT 12
149 
WHAK49 PAFG 062107
CFWAFG

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
107 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

A LOW IN THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE TO POINT HOPE 4AM SUNDAY
AND THEN DISSIPATE.

AKZ207-070600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121007T0600Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
107 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING...

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

* LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN.

* WAVES AND SURF...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH AND ELEVATED SEA
  LEVELS WILL PRODUCE EROSION IN EXPOSED AREAS.

* TIMING...HEAVY SURF  WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS. THE HEAVY SURF WILL
  SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...BOATS AND OTHER PROPERTY NEAR THE BEACH SHOULD BE
  MOVED OR SECURED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS
EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

&&

$$
RT OCT 12
475 
WHAK49 PAFG 070542
CFWAFG

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
942 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

A LOW IN THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE TO CAPE LISBURNE AT
4AM SUNDAY AND THEN DISSIPATE.

AKZ207-071345-
/X.EXT.PAFG.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121007T1400Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
942 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY...

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY. 
MODERATE WINDS AND SURF ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY.

* LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN.

* WAVES AND SURF...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH AND ELEVATED 
  SEA LEVELS WILL PRODUCE EROSION IN EXPOSED AREAS. 

* TIMING...HEAVY SURF WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
  OF SUNDAY. THE HEAVY SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...BOATS AND OTHER PROPERTY NEAR THE BEACH SHOULD BE 
  MOVED OR SECURED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS
EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

&&

$$
123 
WHAK49 PAFG 071214
CFWAFG

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
414 AM AKDT SUN OCT 7 2012

HEAVY SURF AT KIVALINA WILL DIMINISH BY THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST
WINDS TURN NORTHWEST AND DECREASE.


AKZ207-072000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121007T2000Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
414 AM AKDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY 
   NORTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN...

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY. 

* LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN.

* WAVES AND SURF...ARE CAUSING WATER LEVELS UP TO 4 FEET ABOVE
  NORMAL. 

* TIMING...HEAVY SURF AND ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE THIS
  MORNING. THE HEAVY SURF AND HIGH WATER WILL SUBSIDE THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE LAGOON AT
  KIVALINA. PROPERTY IN LOW AREAS NEAR THE BEACH SHOULD BE MOVED
  TO HIGHER GROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS
EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

&&

$$
431 
WHAK49 PAFG 071903
CFWAFG

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1103 AM AKDT SUN OCT 7 2012

AKZ207-072015-
/X.CAN.PAFG.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121007T2000Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
1103 AM AKDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
SURF ADVISORY. 

$$
RT OCT 12

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 Oct 5, 3:25 PM AKDT, 13 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 3:25 PM AKDT, 13 hours 59 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
325 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH ENERGY PATTERN FOR NORTHERN ALASKA NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS
STRONG RIDGE CENTERED IN THE SERN GULF OF ALASKA BUILDS NWWD A
BIT...WITH INCREASING WLY FLOW ALOFT OVR NEAR ALL THE CWA.
COMPLICATING THIS IS A BUILDING RIDGE OVR CHUKOTKA...WHICH SHOULD
LINK WITH THE GULF OF ALASKA RIDGE BY MID-WEEK. BROAD LOW ALOFT
DEVLPG ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS.

THE 983 MB LOW NOW IN NORTH OF GAMBELL STILL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE
HANDLED WELL BY THE NUMERICAL MODELS. IMAGERY AND ANALYSIS SHOWS
SFC CENTER MOVING STEADILY NWD TODAY. GFS BASED STORM SURGE
FORECAST FOR SRN SEWARD PEN SINCE THURSDAY MODEL HAS SERIOUSLY
UNDERDONE...WITH MAX OBSERVED SURGE AT NOME AT 5.9 FEET THIS
MORNING. BASED ON THIS HISTORY WE HAVE GONE WITH A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING...EXPECTED TO BE MINOR AN LARGELY CONFINED TO
UNALAKLEET...FOR ZONE 212.

WAVE MOVING UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE GULF OF ALASKA RIDGE IS
EVIDENT ON IMAGERY OVR SW ALASKA. THIS FEATURE IS IS EXPECTED TO
BRING SOME RAIN ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE AN INTO THE EASTERN
INTERIOR. SUN NIGHT/MONDAY...ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE AND SRN INTERIOR. THE PHASE OF THE PCPN AT
THAT TIME WILL A TOUGH CALL...THOUGH FREEZING LEVELS WILL BE
SGFNTLY LOWER THAN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

NORTH SLOPE...TEMPS WILL ONLY START TO COOL TOMORROW...AND BY
SUNDAY WILL BE DEFINITELY COOLER...THOUGH STILL ABOVE NORMAL.
LITTLE TO NO PRECIP EXPECTED.

SOME DIFFS IN THE MID-RANGE BUT GUIDANCE SUPPORTS FAIRLY STRONG SFC
HIGH RIDGING FROM CHUKOTKA EWD ACROSS THE BROOKS RANGE AND NRN
INTERIOR FOR MID WEEK...WITH BROAD LOW PRESSURE FROM THE SRN
BERING SEA TO WRN GULF OF ALASKA. THIS WOULD BE A PRETTY DRY
PATTERN FOR MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA. TEMPS COOLER BUT AREAS
WITHOUT A SNOW PACK IT WILL BE HARD TO BE SGFNTLY BELOW NORMAL.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213.

HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ212.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

RT OCT 12

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 3:22 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG25 hr
Oct 6, 1:35 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG38 hr

Nearby

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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.