Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2014
Gale Warning 94, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 1, 2014, 2:35 PM AKDT. It was in force for 13 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 1, 2014, 2:35 PM AKDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2014, 2:52 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
508 FZAK52 PAFG 012235 AAA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 235 PM AKDT SAT NOV 1 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. UPDATED ZONE 200 AND 210 PKZ299-021200- 235 PM AKDT SAT NOV 1 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...976 MB LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN THROUGH MON. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FORMING OVER FAR EAST RUSSIA SUNDAY WILL DRIFT EAST TO THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA MON NIGHT AND WEAKEN A LITTLE. $$ PKZ200-021200- NORTON SOUND- 235 PM AKDT SAT NOV 1 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ210-021200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 235 PM AKDT SAT NOV 1 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ215-021200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 235 PM AKDT SAT NOV 1 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ220-021200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 235 PM AKDT SAT NOV 1 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ JL NOV 14
1 follow-up statement
842 FZAK52 PAFG 021152 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 252 AM AKST SUN NOV 2 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-030300- 252 AM AKST SUN NOV 2 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 982 MB LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SUN NIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-030300- NORTON SOUND- 252 AM AKST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ210-030300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 252 AM AKST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ215-030300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 252 AM AKST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ220-030300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 252 AM AKST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ RF/LTH NOV 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 Nov 1, 1:28 AM AKDT, 13 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 1:28 AM AKDT, 13 hours 7 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 128 AM AKDT SAT NOV 1 2014 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT MODELS APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT OUT THROUGH WED. UPPER AIR... UPPER LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO NEAR KODIAK ISLAND BY EARLY MON MORNING. RIDGE OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA AND EASTERN SIBERIA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUN NIGHT. A STRONGER RIDGE WILL BUILD AND MOVE EASTWARD TO THE BERING SEA BY TUE MORNING. SURFACE... 972 MB LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL FILL TO 982 MB BY EARLY SUN MORNING...THEN WEAKEN TO A 994 MB CENTER NEAR KODIAK ISLAND BY EARLY MON MORNING. 1018 MB HIGH CENTERED ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH OF BARROW WILL MOVE TO ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY...WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO THE CANADIAN WATERS. NORTH SLOPE...EASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MON. SNOWFALL WILL BE LIMITED TO BE FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT AMOUNTS. WESTERN ALASKA...SPOTTY SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE YUKON DELTA TODAY. INTERIOR...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING OVER SUMMITS AND SOME LOWER ELEVATION AREAS TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISHING VERY SLOWLY THROUGH SUN NIGHT. SPOTTY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES MAY OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING...PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220- PKZ225-PKZ230. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PKZ220-PKZ230. GALE WARNING...PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225. && RF NOV 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 3:52 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Nov 1, 2:27 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Nov 1, 2:32 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 3 min |
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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.