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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 16, 2014

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2014, 6:06 AM AKST. It was in force for 10 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: Feb 16, 2014, 6:06 AM AKST (15:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2014, 4:31 PM AKST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

873 
WWAK72 PAFG 161506
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
606 AM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014

AKZ207-170100-
/O.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0003.140216T1506Z-140217T1500Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
606 AM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY FOR
AREAS NEAR POINT HOPE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. 

* LOCATION...AREAS NEAR POINT HOPE.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT
  THEN DIMINISH SOME.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE. 

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

139 
WWAK72 PAFG 170131
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
431 PM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014

AKZ207-170245-
/O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140217T1500Z/
CHUKCHI SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG
431 PM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. IT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. 



$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 16, 2:58 AM AKST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 2:58 AM AKST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
258 AM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH LOW PRESSURE ALOFT AND A
COLD AIR MASS PERSISTING OVER NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF THE WEEK. A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT EXTENDING FROM THE
BERING STRAIT EASTWARD ACROSS THE BROOKS RANGE WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MONDAY...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR THE BERING STRAIT AND STRONG WINDS
NEAR KIVALINA AND POINT HOPE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY DUE TO THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT. ADDITIONALLY
BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN AND NEAR BROOKS RANGE
PASSES. CURRENT WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WILL BE EXTENDED
FOR AN ADDITIONAL 24 HOURS.

MOISTURE FEED IS CONTINUING OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF
THE INTERIOR. ABOUT 1.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW HAS OCCURRED
IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 2 TO 3
INCHES EXPECTED IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF AROUND MID DAY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR...BROOKS
RANGE...AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE WEST COAST. SNOW WILL DIMINISH
TONIGHT WITH ONLY FLURRIES REMAINING IN THE BROOKS RANGE MON.
ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE 1 TO 2
INCH RANGE...SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN THE
CENTRAL/EASTERN BROOKS RANGE AND IN ZONES 220 AND 224.

MODERATING TREND IN THE INTERIOR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE NEXT
WEEK AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS NORTHWARD OUT OF THE GULF OF
ALASKA...SETTING UP A SOUTHERLY FLOW PATTERN. GFS APPEARS TO BE
PUSHING THE MILDER AIR NORTHWARD FASTER THAN THE ECMWF. OVER THE
ARCTIC REGION...THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST
WITH LARGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS/ECMWF...ECMWF DRAGS
A COLD UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA
AND ARCTIC COAST WHILE THE GFS MAINTAINS SOME RIDGING AND A MILDER
AIRMASS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ205-
AKZ207-AKZ217.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ218.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

FEB 14

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 10:40 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	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.