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High Wind Warning 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 31, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Dec 31, 2012, 3:19 AM AKST. It was in force for 6 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
Dec 31, 2012, 3:19 AM AKST (12:19 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2012, 8:49 AM AKST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

723 
WWAK72 PAFG 311219
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
319 AM AKST MON DEC 31 2012

AKZ227-311330-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-121231T1500Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
319 AM AKST MON DEC 31 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 



$$

AKZ207-010100-
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0014.121231T1219Z-130101T0100Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
319 AM AKST MON DEC 31 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATION...NEAR POINT HOPE.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS TO 50 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. 
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE. 

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
203 
WWAK72 PAFG 311749
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
849 AM AKST MON DEC 31 2012

AKZ207-311900-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-130101T0100Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
849 AM AKST MON DEC 31 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN THE WARNING THRESHOLD OF 60
MPH...BUT WILL REMAIN STRONG...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FOR THE
REST OF TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 3:53 AM AKSTWind AdvisoryAFG5 hr
Dec 31, 1:40 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG15 hr
Dec 31, 1:40 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG15 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.