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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 26, 2014

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Oct 26, 2014, 12:49 AM AKDT. It took effect at Oct 26, 2014, 6:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 28 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
Oct 26, 2014, 12:49 AM AKDT (08:49 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2014, 6:00 AM AKDT
Expired
Oct 27, 2014, 9:42 AM AKDT
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

085 
WWAK72 PAFG 260849
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1249 AM AKDT SUN OCT 26 2014

AKZ213-261700-
/O.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0009.141026T1400Z-141027T1400Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
1249 AM AKDT SUN OCT 26 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM
AKDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKDT
MONDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 45 TO 55 MPH GUSTING TO 70 MPH...STRONGEST ON
  ST LAWRENCE ISLAND.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING ON ST LAWRENCE
  ISLAND AND BY LATE MORNING ON THE BERING STRAIT COAST. 

* 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. 

&&

$$

AKZ227-261700-
/O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.141027T0600Z-141028T0800Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
1249 AM AKDT SUN OCT 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
AKDT MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
AKDT MONDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE. 

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS MONDAY MORNING IN TO EARLY AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
019 
WWAK72 PAFG 261132
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
332 AM AKDT SUN OCT 26 2014

AKZ213-270000-
/O.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0009.141026T1400Z-141027T1400Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
332 AM AKDT SUN OCT 26 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 45 TO 55 MPH GUSTING TO 70 MPH...STRONGEST ON 
  ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING ON ST 
  LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BY LATE MORNING ON THE BERING STRAIT 
  COAST. 

* 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.

&&

$$

AKZ227-270000-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.141027T0600Z-141028T0800Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
332 AM AKDT SUN OCT 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT AKDT MONDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 
  MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS MONDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$
884 
WWAK72 PAFG 262320
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
320 PM AKDT SUN OCT 26 2014

AKZ227-270030-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.141027T0600Z-141028T0800Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
320 PM AKDT SUN OCT 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 


$$

AKZ213-271400-
/O.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-141027T1400Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
320 PM AKDT SUN OCT 26 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 45 TO 55 MPH GUSTING TO 70
  MPH...STRONGEST THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH EARLY EVENING
  IN THE BERING STRAIT.

* 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.

&&

$$
109 
WWAK72 PAFG 271217
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
417 AM AKDT MON OCT 27 2014

AKZ213-272000-
/O.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-141027T2000Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
417 AM AKDT MON OCT 27 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 45 TO 55 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 60
  MPH...STRONGEST THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY.

* 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.

&&

$$
602 
WWAK72 PAFG 271742
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
942 AM AKDT MON OCT 27 2014

AKZ213-271845-
/O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-141027T2000Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
942 AM AKDT MON OCT 27 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH MONDAY IN THE
BERING STRAIT.

$$

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 Oct 25, 2:39 PM AKDT, 10 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 2:39 PM AKDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
239 PM AKDT SAT OCT 25 2014

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS ROUGHLY SIMILAR THROUGH 60 HOURS. CURRENT LOW WITH UPPER
LEVEL VERTICALLY STACKED LOW ON THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA WILL ABSORB
ENERGY FROM A LOW NEAR KAMCHATKA PENINSULA AND DEEPEN RAPIDLY.
THIS WILL EXTEND TO AN UPPER LOW AT ABOUT 80N 140W THIS EVENING.

THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA AS AT A
DEPTH OF 971 MB BY SUN AFTERNOON. THE WARM FRONT PORTION WILL MOVE
TO ABOUT THE SEWARD PENINSULA AT THE SAME TIME.

A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WEST COAST BY MON
WHILE A DECENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN 2
THIRDS OF THE STATE MON AS WELL.

AS THE SURFACE LOW RAPIDLY DEVELOPS IN THE BERING SEA...STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LOW AND THIS COULD
CREATE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST
AND NORTON SOUND.

HEAVIER SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE WEST COAST SUN NIGHT AND MON.
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ENOUGH INITIALLY TO PREVENT A
MAJORITY OF THE SNOW FROM BLOWING...AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE
ON MON WRAP AROUND SNOW WILL LIKELY CREATE MANY AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW IN THE BERING STRAIT AND THE COASTAL AREAS.

WINDS ALONG THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE WILL LIKELY INCREASE SUN
NIGHT AND MAY CAUSE LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH PASSES.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ206-AKZ218.

HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

CF OCT 14

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 12:49 AM AKDTWind AdvisoryAFG15 hr
Oct 26, 3:51 AM AKDTGale WarningAFG25 hr
Oct 26, 3:51 AM AKDTStorm WarningAFG34 hr
Oct 26, 4:25 AM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAFG47 hr
Oct 26, 4:34 AM AKDTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG29 hr
Oct 26, 4:36 AM AKDTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG29 hr
Oct 26, 2:25 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG15 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.