Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2013, 11:21 AM AKST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2013, 11:21 AM AKST (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2013, 4:59 AM AKST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
401 WWAK73 PAFG 082021 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1121 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 AKZ226-090900- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130308T2100Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0009.130308T2021Z-130309T0900Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1121 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF...WITH STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH ISABEL PASS BETWEEN BLACK RAPIDS AND DONNELLY DOME. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ219-082130- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130308T2100Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 1121 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WRAP-UP TEXT GOES HERE $$ RT MAR 13
3 follow-up statements
711 WWAK73 PAFG 082331 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 231 PM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 AKZ226-090900- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130309T0900Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 231 PM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF...WITH STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH ISABEL PASS BETWEEN BLACK RAPIDS AND DONNELLY DOME. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ RT MAR 13
507 WWAK73 PAFG 090751 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1051 PM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 AKZ226-091500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130309T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1051 PM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF...WITH STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH ISABEL PASS BETWEEN BLACK RAPIDS AND DONNELLY DOME. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO START DECREASING TOWARDS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
452 WWAK73 PAFG 091359 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 459 AM AKST SAT MAR 9 2013 AKZ226-091500- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130309T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 459 AM AKST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Mar 8, 5:37 AM AKST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 5:37 AM AKST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 537 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 .DISCUSSION... 975 MB LOW CENTER NEAR CAPE NEWENHAM WILL CONTINUE TO FILL RAPIDLY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WEAKENING TO AROUND 998 MB OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WRAPAROUND SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR TODAY...DIMINISHING FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT. A 982 MB LOW NEAR THE EAST COAST OF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA IS PROGGED BY CURRENT MODELS TO MOVE TO NORTON SOUND BY SATURDAY EVENING...FILLING IT TO AROUND 1006 MB. THIS WEAKENING SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING SOME MORE SNOWFALL TO THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TODAY AS THE LEESIDE SURFACE TROUGH NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE WEAKENS AND AS WINDS ALOFT DECREASE. BLIZZARD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE ARCTIC COASTAL ZONES...BUT WILL END BY SATURDAY MORNING OR EARLY AS WIND SPEEDS DECREASE. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...CURRENT MODELS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE ALOFT OVER THE BERING AND CHUKCHI SEAS BY MONDAY EVENING...SETTING UP A NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND...ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS. GFS AND EUROPEAN SOLUTIONS DIVERGE LATER IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH THE EUROPEAN MODEL BRINGING A COLD UPPER LOW INTO THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND...GFS KEEPS A NORTHERLY FLOW WITH LESS EXTREME TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO BE BELOW NORMAL BUT THE AMOUNT OF DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ227. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235. && RF MAR 13
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 8, 9:25 AM AKST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
925 AM AKST FRI MAR 08 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG HEALY 63.81N 149.00W
03/07/2013 AK PUBLIC
LARGE SHIPPING CONTAINER BLOWN OVER ON ITS SIDE
0320 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 S HEALY 63.77N 149.00W
03/07/2013 M83.00 MPH AK DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ANTLER CREEK RWIS STATION
0510 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 12 S DELTA JUNCTION 63.89N 145.71W
03/07/2013 M84.00 MPH AK MESONET
TEXAS CONDO RAWS
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JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 1:32 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Mar 8, 1:44 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 60 hr | |
| Mar 8, 5:05 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 6 hr | |
| Mar 8, 1:20 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 7 hr | |
| Mar 8, 2:23 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 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.