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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK

May 31, 2014

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at May 31, 2014, 10:04 PM AKDT. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2014, 10:04 PM AKDT (06:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2014, 12:00 AM AKDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

241 
WWAK63 PAFG 010604
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1004 PM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014


AKZ220-010715-
/O.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140601T0800Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
1004 PM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 


$$

AKZ224-010800-
/O.EXP.PAFG.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140601T0600Z/
/O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0022.140601T0604Z-140601T0800Z/
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-
1004 PM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT FOR 
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. 

* WIND...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND HUMIDITIES WILL RISE.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. TREES HAVE ALREADY BLOWN
  OVER. EXPECT TREES TO FALL ON POWER LINES KNOCKING OUT POWER 
  AND POSSIBLY CREATING FIRES IN DRY GRASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

AKZ225-226-010715-
/O.EXP.PAFG.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140601T0600Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
1004 PM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 225 AND 226...

$$

AKZ221>223-010715-
/O.EXP.PAFG.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140601T0600Z/
CENTRAL INTERIOR-MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
1004 PM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 223...



$$

1 follow-up statement

676 
WWAK63 PAFG 010814
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1214 AM AKDT SUN JUN 1 2014


AKZ224-010915-
/O.EXP.PAFG.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140601T0800Z/
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-
1214 AM AKDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...


$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at May 31, 5:42 AM AKDT, 16 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 5:42 AM AKDT, 16 hours 22 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
542 AM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS ONLY IN AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 24 TO 30 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL
NEAR KODIAK ISLAND WHILE SURFACE LOW HAS SPUN ITSELF TO UP JUST
SOUTH OF RUBY. OCCLUDED FRONT IMPACTING THE NORTH GULF GULF COAST
THIS MORNING BEFORE IT MOVES NORTH TO THE NEAR THE BROOKS RANGE BY
LATE TONIGHT.

THIS SYSTEM IS ADVERTISED TO HAVE A TON OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH IT. THIS HAS TO POTENTIAL TO HAVE A SEVERAL PLACES THAT COULD
SEE A LARGE AREA OF A LOT OF RAIN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE STATE. THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ARCTIC COAST
AS WELL WITH RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.

THE TEMPERATURES STATING MAKING A COME BACK BY MID WEEK AND THE
INTERIOR BEGINS TO HEAT UP ONCE BEHIND THESE FRONTS AGAIN BUT
THIS TIME THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY COLDER AIR TO FILL IN
BEHIND IT THIS TIME.

STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE PASSES WITH THE CHINOOK
FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FOR SURE AND THEN BEGIN TO
DIMINISH FROM THE WEST BY LATE SAT NIGHT OR EARLY SUN.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
RH VALUES WILL BE LOW AGAIN TODAY AND RED FLAGS WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE ALASKA RANGE ZONES AS THE WINDS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...VARIOUS FLOOD ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
SONES 203...204...205,

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227.

RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-
PKZ245.
&&

MAY 14

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 5:52 PM AKDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
552 PM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     HAIL             2 NE TOK                63.32N 143.01W
05/31/2014  E0.25 INCH                          AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS TSTM LAST 2HRS, FROM 11L-13L WITH PEA
            SIZE HAIL

1100 AM     HAIL             2 NE TOK                63.32N 143.01W
05/31/2014  E0.25 INCH                          AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS TSTM LASTING 2HRS FROM 11L-13L WITH PEA
            SIZE HAIL

&&

BBARTOS

Local storm report, May 31, 5:58 PM AKDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
558 PM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 15 WNW TANACROSS        63.45N 143.83W
05/31/2014  E40.00 MPH                          AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS WIND OF 25MPH GUSTING TO 40MPH, ON EDGE
            OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF TSTM. TEMP
            ALSO DROPPED FROM 64F TO 58F.

&&

BBARTOS

Local storm report, May 31, 6:09 PM AKDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
609 PM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NE TOK                63.32N 143.01W
05/31/2014  M32 MPH                             AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS 32MPH GUST OUT OF THE NW

&&

BBARTOS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 11:01 PM AKDT	Areal Flood Warning	AFG	3 days
Jun 1, 12:32 AM AKDT	Areal Flood Warning	AFG	45 hr
Jun 1, 4:13 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	22 hr
Jun 1, 6:32 AM AKDT	Red Flag Warning	AFG	13 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.