Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2012
Storm Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Feb 3, 2012, 2:39 PM AKST. It was in force for 11 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
- Feb 3, 2012, 2:39 PM AKST (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2012, 1:35 AM AKST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
822 FZAK52 PAFG 032339 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 PM AKST FRI FEB 3 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. PKZ299-041215- 239 PM AKST FRI FEB 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 998 MB LOW 100 NM WEST OF POINT LAY WILL MOVE TO 400 NM NORTHWEST OF POINT LAY BY 3PM SAT. A COLD FRONT FROM THIS LOW TO BARTER ISLAND WILL MOVE WELL NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST FRI NIGHT. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO NORTON SOUND SAT PM AND TO THE CHUKCHI SEA EARLY SUN. $$ PKZ200-041215- NORTON SOUND- 239 PM AKST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 40 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-041215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 239 PM AKST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 40 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT BECOMING SE. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-041215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 239 PM AKST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-041215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 239 PM AKST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT BECOMING NE 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...N WINDS 40 KT BECOMING SE. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ FEB 12
1 follow-up statement
528 FZAK52 PAFG 041035 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 135 AM AKST SAT FEB 4 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-050045- 135 AM AKST SAT FEB 4 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 964 MB LOW NEAR ST PAUL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 100 MILES W OF DALL POINT BY 4 PM SAT...THEN BECOME A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER EASTERN SIBERIA AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALASKA MAINLAND THROUGH SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-050045- NORTON SOUND- 135 AM AKST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT BECOMING SE 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-050045- DALL POINT TO WALES- 135 AM AKST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 40 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-050045- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 135 AM AKST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-050045- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 135 AM AKST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/RL FEB 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:26 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Feb 2, 11:32 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 6 hr | |
| Feb 3, 2:04 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Feb 3, 2:29 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Feb 3, 2:41 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Feb 3, 2:41 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:55 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 3, 5:34 AM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 3, 5:34 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 3 days | |
| Feb 3, 9:27 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 20 hr | |
| Feb 3, 2:09 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Feb 3, 2:39 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 71 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.