Alert archive / Alaska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Mar 25, 2013, 1:39 PM AKDT. It was in force for 21 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
- Mar 25, 2013, 1:39 PM AKDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2013, 10:36 AM AKDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
250 WWAK41 PAFG 252139 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 139 PM AKDT MON MAR 25 2013 AKZ206-260600- /X.NEW.PAFG.WS.W.0008.130325T2139Z-130326T2000Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 139 PM AKDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ON THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE. * SNOW...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY AROUND NOON WILL PRODUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ON THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
099 WWAK41 PAFG 260324 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 724 PM AKDT MON MAR 25 2013 AKZ206-261130- /X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130326T2000Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 724 PM AKDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE. * SNOW...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON TUESDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$
507 WWAK41 PAFG 261045 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 245 AM AKDT TUE MAR 26 2013 AKZ206-262000- /X.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130326T2000Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 245 AM AKDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BROOKS RANGE. * SNOW...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON AKDT TUESDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BROOKS RANGE. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ204-262000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0054.130327T0200Z-130327T2000Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 245 AM AKDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKDT WEDNESDAY. * WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 20 TO 30 MPH REDUCING VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH NOON AKDT WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
581 WWAK41 PAFG 261836 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1036 AM AKDT TUE MAR 26 2013 AKZ206-261945- /X.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130326T2000Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 1036 AM AKDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ AKZ204-270600- /X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0054.130326T1836Z-130327T2000Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 1036 AM AKDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT WEDNESDAY. * WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH REDUCING VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH NOON AKDT WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 25, 6:20 AM AKDT, 7 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 6:20 AM AKDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 620 AM AKDT MON MAR 25 2013 .DISCUSSION... ELONGATED LOW 995 MB LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. AN INVERTED TROUGH CONTINUES TO ROTATE TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOW AND IS CURRENTLY JUST EAST OF FAIRBANKS. WIDESPREAD SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES FALLING OVER NIGHT IN AND NEAR FAIRBANKS. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL TODAY AND WILL NUDGE MANY LOCATIONS JUST OVER ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR SNOW FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR. THE INVERTED TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER THE INTERIOR AS GULF COAST LOW REFORMS ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER TODAY AND MOVES SLOWLY NORTH NORTH EAST IN THE YUKON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WILL TAPERING OFF IN THE THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR. WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE WEST COAST AS THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW IN THE YUKON AND A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA INCREASES MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG WIND HEADLINE HOISTED FOR ZONE 207 AND WIND CHILL ADVISORIES HOISTED FOR ZONES 207 AND 213 AS A COMBINATION OF A VERY COLD AIR MASS FOR MARCH AND INCREASING WINDS WILL SEND WIND CHILL VALUES TO AROUND 45 BELOW. SCATTERED FLURRIES TODAY ON THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE WITH SNOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT ON THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE AS LOW IN THE YUKON MOVES SLOWLY NORTH TO BE EAST OF THE MACKENZIE DELTA TUESDAY EVENING. MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM WITH TYPICAL SPREAD IN POSITION AND STRENGTH OF FEATURES HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IN LONG RANGE SOLUTIONS IS DIMINISHED BY LARGE INTER MODEL VARIATIONS AND RUN TO RUN VARIATIONS. ECMWF HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT THE BEST RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222- AKZ224-AKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CCC MAR 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 3:48 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Mar 25, 3:56 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Mar 25, 4:56 AM AKDT | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Mar 25, 5:22 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 60 hr | |
| Mar 25, 1:47 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days |
Nearby
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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.