Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2014
Gale Warning 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 20, 2014, 3:24 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 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 20, 2014, 3:24 AM AKST (12:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2014, 3:31 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
162 FZAK52 PAFG 201224 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 324 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-210015- 324 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG LOW NEAR COLD BAY WILL MOVE TO THE SE BERING SEA BY 3 AM TUE AS A 972 MB LOW...TO 100 E OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 979 MB LOW BY 3 AM TUE TO 150 NW SW OF GAMBELL AS A 981 MB LOW BY 3 PM TUE. $$ PKZ200-210015- NORTON SOUND- 324 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-210015- DALL POINT TO WALES- 324 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-210015- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 324 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-210015- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 324 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ JAN 14
3 follow-up statements
351 FZAK52 PAFG 201245 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 345 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-210415- 345 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG LOW NEAR COLD BAY WILL MOVE TO THE SE BERING SEA BY 3 PM MON AS A 972 MB LOW...TO 100 E OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 979 MB LOW BY 3 AM TUE TO 150 NW SW OF GAMBELL AS A 981 MB LOW BY 3 PM TUE. $$ PKZ200-210415- NORTON SOUND- 345 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-210415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 345 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-210415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 345 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-210415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 345 AM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ JAN 14
234 FZAK52 PAFG 202254 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 154 PM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-211400- 154 PM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG 974 LOW IN THE SE BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO 100 E OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 979 MB LOW BY 3 AM TUE AND THEN TO 150 NW SW OF GAMBELL AS A 980 MB LOW BY 3 PM TUE. $$ PKZ200-211400- NORTON SOUND- 154 PM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-211400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 154 PM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-211400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 154 PM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-211400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 154 PM AKST MON JAN 20 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/LTH JAN 14
074 FZAK52 PAFG 211231 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 331 AM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-220345- 331 AM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG LOW IN THE SE BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO 100 NM NE OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 977 MB LOW BY 9 AM TUE AND THEN TO 250 NM SW OF GAMBELL AS A 979 MB LOW BY 3 PM TUE...AND THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK NW AND WEAKEN TO 990 MB BY 9 AM WED. $$ PKZ200-220345- NORTON SOUND- 331 AM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY NOON. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-220345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 331 AM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-220345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 331 AM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-220345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 331 AM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ JK/SDB JAN 14
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 19, 1:27 PM AKST, 13 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 1:27 PM AKST, 13 hours 57 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 127 PM AKST SUN JAN 19 2014 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 36 HOURS BUT THEN MODELS DIVERGE ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING INTO THE BERING SEA. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING NORTHWEST INTO ALASKA FROM THE SOUTHEAST. STRONG LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TONIGHT AND SPREAD PRECIPITATION ALONG THE GULF COAST AND BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY NORTH ALONG THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE. THE GFS 18Z RUN IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE 12Z RUN. THE 18Z RUN BRINGS MUCH MORE PRECIPITATION INTO ZONE 214 AND 215. THIS WILL PUT MUCH WARMER AIR ALOFT INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION EARLIER THAN THE 12Z RUN. THIS WOULD PUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN MUCH HIGHER IN ZONES 214 AND 215. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE BEING ISSUED FOR SEVERAL OF THE WESTERN COAST ZONES SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT. IT SEEMS INEVITABLE THAT THE WEST COAST ZONES WILL SEE A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUE AFTERNOON. WEAK CHINOOK FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TONIGHT AND CONTINUE. THE FLOW WILL BECOME STRONGER ON TUE AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SHORT TERM BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST ON MON WILL LIKELY SUBSIDE BY THE EVENING. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && CF JAN 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 11:14 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 40 hr | |
| Jan 19, 11:27 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 20 hr | |
| Jan 20, 3:24 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 5 days | |
| Jan 20, 3:24 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jan 20, 3:46 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Jan 20, 4:48 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 46 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.