Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 18, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Nov 13, 2013, 4:38 PM AKST. It was in force for 10 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
- Nov 13, 2013, 4:38 PM AKST (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2013, 2:26 AM AKST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027 WWAK72 PAFG 140138 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 438 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 AKZ211-140945- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0018.131114T0138Z-131114T1500Z/ SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN 438 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
714 WWAK72 PAFG 140425 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 725 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 AKZ210-141500- /X.EXA.PAFG.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-131114T1500Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 725 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ213-141500- /X.EXA.PAFG.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-131114T1500Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 725 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ AKZ211-141500- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-131114T1500Z/ SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN 725 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
805 WWAK72 PAFG 140522 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 822 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 AKZ212-141500- /X.EXA.PAFG.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-131114T1500Z/ EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS- INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK... SHAKTOOLIK 822 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ AKZ210-141500- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-131114T1500Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 822 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ211-141500- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-131114T1500Z/ SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN 822 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ AKZ213-141500- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-131114T1500Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 822 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
207 WWAK72 PAFG 141126 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 226 AM AKST THU NOV 14 2013 AKZ210>213-141230- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-131114T1500Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS- ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR...NOME... WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL... ELIM...KOYUK...SHAKTOOLIK...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION... TELLER...WALES...DIOMEDE 226 AM AKST THU NOV 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 Nov 13, 2:52 PM AKST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 2:52 PM AKST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 252 PM AKST WED NOV 13 2013 .DISCUSSION... MODELS FAIRLY SIMILAR IN SYNOPTIC FEATURES. HOWEVER THEIR SOLUTIONS ARE DIFFERENT. THE NAM HAD BEEN THE MODEL CLOSEST TO REALITY. HOWEVER... THE FAIRBANKS FORECAST OFFICE LAUNCHED AN IN BETWEEN SYNOPTIC HOURS RAOB TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE SINCE THE FAIRBANKS AREA TRANSPORTATION...LARGEST POPULATION OF THE INTERIOR DEPENDS ON IT. WHAT THE INTERMEDIATE SOUNDINGS HAVE TOLD US IS THAT THE GFS MAY BE THE MODEL OF CHOICE NOW. THE NEW GFS RUN IS IN AND BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM SHOW A SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR POCKET OVER THE FAIRBANKS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MAY LEAD TO A MUCH LESSER TIME OF EXPOSURE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN. THE FAIRBANKS RADAR CURRENTLY SHOWS THAT THE STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY TAKING ON THE APPEARANCE OF SHOWERS BEFORE 00Z. AT THIS TIME IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE QPF AMOUNTS WERE WAY OVERDONE BY THE MODELS. THERE MAY STILL BE A FEW INCHES OF SNOWFALL THAT WILL FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT NOW DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SEVERAL INCHES. A WARM TONGUE ALOFT IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE SOME SLEET OVER CENTRAL PORTION OF NORTHERN ALASKA. THE COLD FRONT BY EARLY THU MORNING. THIS WILL SHUT OFF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRECIPITATION OTHER THAN SNOW BY MIDDAY THU. IT IS LIKELY THAT A PLETHORA OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LEFT IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR. THE ARCTIC COAST WILL SEE WINDS PICK UP IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC...ENOUGH SO THAT A HIGH SURF WAS ISSUED FOR ZONE 201 TONIGHT AND THU. THE WEST COAST IS QUIETING DOWN AND THE WARM TEMPERATURES OVER MOST OF THE WEST COAST WILL BE PUT TO BED FINALLY ON THU. A QUIETER AND MUCH COLDER PATTERN WILL SET IN AFTER THIS WEEKEND. MUCH COLDER AND MUCH DRIER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR FOR MON AND TUE WITH A LITTLE BACKDOOR OVERRUNNING POSSIBLE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ212-AKZ214. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ213. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ212- AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224- AKZ225-AKZ226. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ205-AKZ206. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ225-PKZ230. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240. && CF NOV 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 3:21 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Nov 14, 3:43 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Nov 14, 3:43 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 9 days | |
| Nov 14, 8:36 AM AKST | Lakeshore Flood Statement | AFG | 40 min | |
| Nov 14, 9:14 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Nov 14, 9:16 AM AKST | Coastal Flood Statement | AFG | 17 hr | |
| Nov 14, 2:27 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFG | 13 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.