Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at Apr 28, 2014, 4:03 AM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 28, 2014, 2:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 28, 2014, 4:03 AM AKDT (12:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2014, 2:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 7:45 PM AKDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
515 WWAK63 PAFG 281203 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 403 AM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AKZ222-282015- /O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0005.140428T2200Z-140429T0400Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ AKZ223-282015- /O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0005.140428T2200Z-140429T0400Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AKZ225-282015- /O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0005.140428T2200Z-140429T0400Z/ DENALI- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ AKZ226-282015- /O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0005.140428T2200Z-140429T0400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
980 WWAK63 PAFG 282225 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 225 PM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AKZ222-290345- /O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140429T0400Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ AKZ223-290345- /O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140429T0400Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AKZ225-290345- /O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140429T0400Z/ DENALI- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH IN PASSES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ AKZ226-290345- /O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140429T0400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
051 WWAK63 PAFG 290345 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 745 PM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 AKZ222-223-225-226-290445- /O.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140429T0400Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-DENALI- EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- 745 PM AKDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...223...225 AND 226... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RH VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER INTO THE NIGHT. $$
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 Apr 27, 3:35 PM AKDT, 12 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:35 PM AKDT, 12 hours 28 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 335 PM AKDT SUN APR 27 2014 SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... A VERY WEAK RIDGE OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON AND THEN BUILD FROM TUE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN ALASKA TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUE AND THEN CLIMB TO WAY ABOVE NORMAL LATER IN THE WEEK. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS RIDGE TO THE BERING STRAIT MON PM...TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TUE PM AND TO THE ALCAN BORDER TUE NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE WEST COAST LATE MON AND INTO THE NW INTERIOR TUE. SURFACE... A 1032 MB HIGH NORTH OF BANKS ISLAND WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON AND THEN WEAKEN TUE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST FROM BARROW EAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE. THIS WILL CAUSE EAST WINDS 20-25 KT ALONG WITH FLURRIES AND FOG TO PERSIST THROUGH MON NIGHT FROM BARROW EAST. A WEAK THERMAL TROUGH FROM MCGRATH DELTA JUNCTION TO NORTHWAY WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON THEN DRIFT NORTH TO GALENA TO EAGLE MON NIGHT AND DISSIPATE TUE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLOWING INTO THIS TROUGH. DRY CONDITIONS ALONG THIS TROUGH WILL PERSIST WITH SOME ISOLATED PM SHOWERS IN THE SE INTERIOR. AN WEATHER FRONT IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE GULF OF ANADYR BY 4PM MON...ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA BY 4AM TUE...TO BARROW TO COLDFOOT TO GALENA TO GAMBELL BY 4PM TUE...AND TO CIRCLE TO THE BERING STRAIT BY 4AM WED. EXPECT SNOW WITH THIS FRONT FROM NOME TO ANAKTUVUK PASS WITH THIS FRONT WITH UP TO 4 INCHES ALONG SW FACING SLOPES. EXPECT MIXED RAIN AND SNOW WITH THE FRONT ALONG THE WEST COAST SOUTH OF NOME AND IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE. EXPECT JUST SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH THE FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN INTERIOR. DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTION THROUGH 4PM MON. EXCEPTION IS ON PRECIPITATION WHERE THE GFS APPEARS TO OVERDO AREAL EXTENT OF PRECIPITATION IN THE INTERIOR. FAVOR THE DRIER NAM PRECIPITATION GIVEN THE CURRENTLY VERY DRY AIR MASS THAT WILL CAUSE MOST PRECIPITATION TO EVAPORATE THROUGH MON OVER THE INTERIOR. AFTER 4PM MON THE NAM KEEPS THE FRONTAL PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO WESTERN AND INTERIOR MORE NW THAN THE GFS. FAVOR THIS SOLUTION DUE TO THE BUILDING 500 MB RIDGE AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND TUE. FIRE WEATHER... DRY CONDITIONS UNDER THE THERMAL TROUGH IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR TODAY AND MON WITH RH OF 15-20%. ISSUING RED FLAG THROUGH 8PM THIS EVENING FOR LOW RH. RH INCREASING TUE AS FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && JB APR 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:51 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Apr 28, 3:51 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Apr 28, 4:02 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Apr 28, 8:59 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Apr 28, 2:34 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Apr 28, 2:48 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 27 hr | |
| Apr 28, 3:06 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Apr 28, 3:44 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Apr 28, 3:44 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 59 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.