Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Jan 14, 2013, 11:09 AM AKST. It was in force for 3 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 14, 2013, 11:09 AM AKST (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2013, 2:29 PM AKST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
480 WWAK73 PAFG 142009 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1109 AM AKST MON JAN 14 2013 AKZ223-150000- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0001.130114T2009Z-130115T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 1109 AM AKST MON JAN 14 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION * WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE ABOUT 3PM THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ AKZ226-150000- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0001.130114T2009Z-130115T0000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1109 AM AKST MON JAN 14 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...ALONG THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY * WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE ABOUT 3PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
946 WWAK73 PAFG 142329 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 229 PM AKST MON JAN 14 2013 AKZ223-226-150030- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130115T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE... MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...TRIMS CAMP... EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 229 PM AKST MON JAN 14 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Jan 14, 6:07 AM AKST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 6:07 AM AKST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 607 AM AKST MON JAN 14 2013 .DISCUSSION... A COLDER WEATHER PATTERN FOR NORTHERN ALASKA IS UNDERWAY. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHING EAST FROM SIBERIA HAS RESULTED IN FALLING TEMPERATURES OVER SOUTHWEST MAINLAND ALASKA OVERNIGHT. AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES EAST OVER NORTHERN ALASKA TODAY AND TONIGHT... FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND NORTHWEST INLAND ALASKA. SNOW FROM ANVIK...NORTH TO GALENA... BETTLES...AMBLER AND NOATAK WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES. SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT HAVE INCREASED TO AROUND 95 KNOTS ON BOTH THE MCGRATH AND FAIRBANKS 12Z SOUNDINGS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR SUMMITS OF THE INTERIOR INCLUDE MENTION OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FREEZING RAIN OVER MOST AREAS WILL END BY NOON. AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR TODAY...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE WILL TIGHTEN WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUING. NORTH SLOPE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT INCREASED SNOW WILL KEEP VISIBILITIES LOW. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ENDING LATER IN THE EVENING. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ219-AKZ221. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ226. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ220- AKZ222-AKZ224-AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225. && DA JAN 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 3:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Jan 13, 3:23 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Jan 13, 3:57 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFG | 35 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.