Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 12, 2013, 2:31 PM AKST. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 12, 2013, 2:31 PM AKST (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2013, 3:23 PM AKST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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 Jan 12, 6:00 AM AKST, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:00 AM AKST, 8 hours 31 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 600 AM AKST SAT JAN 12 2013 .DISCUSSION... BROAD RIDGE OVER GULF OF ALASKA WITH AXIS EXTENDING NORTH TO THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST WILL SLOWLY BE FLATTENED AND PUSHED EAST THROUGH MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE FROM SIBERIA EXPANDS EASTWARD. SHORT WAVES MOVING NORTH OVER THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE RIDGE HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF MANY WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS... ADVISORIES...AND A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT. GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER THE NULATO HILLS WITH UP TO 11 INCHES POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX OVER ZONES 214...215...216...221...AND 227. WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES OF 50 MPH MAY BE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTH SLOPE WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE OF WINDS TODAY AND AS SNOW MIXES IN ON SUNDAY VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212- AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ221-AKZ227. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ214. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && DA JAN 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 10:16 AM AKST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1016 AM AKST SAT JAN 12 2013 AKZ222-223-225-131500- MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-DENALI- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION... FORT GREELY...HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE... HEALY LAKE...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1016 AM AKST SAT JAN 12 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE BERING SEA TODAY AND SUNDAY IS RESULTING IN WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS MAINLAND ALASKA. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING OVER PORTIONS OF THE ALASKA RANGE AND MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA ON SUNDAY...AND INTO THE LOWER 40S IN THE ALASKA RANGE. THE WARM AIR WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES...THIS WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY AND ALASKA RANGE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE ALASKA RANGE WILL BLOCK MOST OR ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION FROM FAIRBANKS EAST...AND THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY HOW MUCH OR IF ANY FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. WEST OF FAIRBANKS THE LIKELIHOOD FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS MUCH HIGHER. THIS WEATHER PATTERN DOES SHOW DIFFERENCES FROM THE PATTERN THAT BROUGHT THE GREAT FREEZING RAIN EVENT OF NOVEMBER 2010. IF FREEZING RAIN DOES OCCUR IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA...AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. EWP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 11:57 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Jan 12, 5:28 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 27 hr | |
| Jan 12, 5:28 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Jan 12, 10:50 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 67 hr | |
| Jan 12, 10:50 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 12, 2:31 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 72 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.