Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at May 26, 2013, 5:57 PM AKDT. It was in force for 14 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
- May 26, 2013, 5:57 PM AKDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2013, 8:04 AM AKDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
391 WWAK62 PAFG 270157 RFWWCZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 557 PM AKDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT MONDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR MCGRATH AND VICINITY... AKZ227-271800- /X.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0004.130527T0157Z-130528T0500Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- 557 PM AKDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT MONDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT AND FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT AFTER NOON ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
1 follow-up statement
855 WWAK62 PAFG 271604 RFWWCZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 804 AM AKDT MON MAY 27 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR... AKZ227-271715- /X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130528T0500Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- 804 AM AKDT MON MAY 27 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at May 26, 2:51 PM AKDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:51 PM AKDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 251 PM AKDT SUN MAY 26 2013 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUING TO BUILD INTO ALASKA MAINLAND FROM CANADA. A SHORT WAVE WITH AXIS OVER COOK INLET WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND WEST THIS EVENING AND MONDAY AND WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR. A SHORT WAVE JUST WEST OF BARROW ATTM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND WILL ALSO BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TOMORROW. WEAK INSTABILITY ACROSS THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL PROVIDE FOR ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WEAK SHORT WAVES PASS TO THE SOUTH. RAPID RUN OFF OF STILL PRESENT SNOW PACK AT ELEVATION ACROSS THE INTERIOR CONTINUES TO KEEP RIVERS THAT DRAIN THE TANANA AND YUKON UPLANDS AT ACTION LEVEL WHERE A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. A FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FORTY MILE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WITH MINOR FLOODING LEVELS EXPECTED. DIMINISHING SNOW PACK AT ALTITUDE ACROSS THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR WILL RESULT IN LOWER DAILY CRESTS AND A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND ON INTERIOR RIVERS TUESDAY. AN ICE JAM FORMED ON THE YUKON RIVER AT BISHOP ROCK DOWNRIVER FROM GALENA THIS AFTERNOON WHERE A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .FIRE WEATHER... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE INTERIOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. A WEAK THERMAL TROUGH AT THE SURFACE OVER THE TANANA AND YUKON FLATS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TOMORROW. RED FLAG WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 220 AND 222 THROUGH THIS EVENING AS RH VALUES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE MID TEENS. && .HYDROLOGY... FLOOD WARNING FOR ICE JAM ON THE THE YUKON RIVER AT GALENA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. FLOOD WATCH FOR SNOW MELT FOR THE RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE YUKON AND TANANA UPLANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SNOW MELT FOR THE FORTY MILE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ220-AKZ222. FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ216. FLOOD WATCH FOR AKZ220-AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ226. && CCC MAY 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:33 AM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| May 27, 9:15 AM AKDT | Areal Flood Warning | AFG | 51 hr | |
| May 27, 9:32 AM AKDT | Areal Flood Warning | AFG | 50 hr | |
| May 27, 1:45 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFG | 5 days | |
| May 27, 2:10 PM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | 65 hr | |
| May 27, 2:31 PM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | 64 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.