Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 12:49 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Oct 26, 3:51 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Oct 26, 3:51 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Oct 26, 4:25 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Oct 26, 4:34 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Oct 26, 4:36 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Oct 26, 2:25 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 15 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.