Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2014
Storm Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Dec 8, 2014, 1:44 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 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
- Dec 8, 2014, 1:44 PM AKST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2014, 2:07 PM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
850 FZAK52 PAFG 082244 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 144 PM AKST MON DEC 8 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-091345- 144 PM AKST MON DEC 8 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 959 MB LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO ABOUT COLD BAY AS A 962 MB LOW TUE MORNING. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY DRIFT NORTHWEST THROUGH WED WHILE SLOWLY WEAKENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI AND NORTHERN BERING SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH. $$ PKZ200-091345- NORTON SOUND- 144 PM AKST MON DEC 8 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-091345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 144 PM AKST MON DEC 8 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ215-091345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 144 PM AKST MON DEC 8 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-091345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 144 PM AKST MON DEC 8 2014 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ CCC/ET DEC 14
3 follow-up statements
755 FZAK52 PAFG 091058 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 158 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-100300- 158 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 959 MB LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO ABOUT COLD BAY AS A 962 MB LOW TUE MORNING. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY DRIFT NORTHWEST THROUGH WED WHILE SLOWLY WEAKENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI AND NORTHERN BERING SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH. $$ PKZ200-100300- NORTON SOUND- 158 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-100300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 158 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ215-100300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 158 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-100300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 158 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ CCC/ET DEC 14
853 FZAK52 PAFG 091215 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 315 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-100300- 315 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 962 MB LOW ABOUT 100NM S OF COLD BAY WILL SLOWLY DRIFT NORTHWEST THROUGH WED WHILE SLOWLY WEAKENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI AND NORTHERN BERING SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH. $$ PKZ200-100300- NORTON SOUND- 315 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-100300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 315 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-100300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 315 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-100300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 315 AM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ CF/DA DEC 14
940 FZAK52 PAFG 092307 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 207 PM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-101615- 207 PM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 967 MB LOW NEAR KODIAK ISLAND WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THURSDAY. A 998 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND 3PM FRI. $$ PKZ200-101615- NORTON SOUND- 207 PM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-101615- DALL POINT TO WALES- 207 PM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ215-101615- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 207 PM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-101615- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 207 PM AKST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ JL DEC 14
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Dec 8, 12:10 PM AKST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 12:10 PM AKST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1210 PM AKST MON DEC 8 2014 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT...LARGE BLOCK CENTERED OVER EASTERN SIBERIA SHOWS NO SIGNS OF BREAK DOWN IN THE THE SHORT OR MID TERM...HOWEVER IN THE LONG RANGE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE DOES SHOW SIGNS OF BREAKING DOWN. MODELS INITIALIZED WELL AND CONTINUE TO EXHIBIT REASONABLE SPREAD IN THE NEAR AND MID TERM. AS WOULD BE EXPECTED MODELS EXHIBIT ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS OF SPREAD IN THE LONG TERM WITH BLOCKED PATTERN BREAKING DOWN. ON THE SURFACE A 1041 MB HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO PARK NORTH OF SIBERIA THROUGH THE WEEK. A 959 MB LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED 200 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN SLOWLY AS IT MOVES TO THE WEST NORTHWEST TO BE LOCATED OVER COLD BAY AS A 962 MB LOW TUESDAY MORNING AND OVER BRISTOL BAY AS A 975 MB LOW WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL SPIN SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVES NORTHWEST OVER THE INTERIOR. A WEAK WAVE IS CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND CONTINUES TO BRING FLURRIES AND SCATTERED SNOW ALONG A PARC TO PAGA LINE. THIS WEAK WAVE WILL WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES NORTHWEST TODAY. ANOTHER WEAK WAVE WILL MOVE NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL BRING A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE 1041 MB HIGH NORTH OF SIBERIA AND THE 959 MB LOW IN THE GULF CONTINUES TO PRODUCE STORM FORCE WINDS IN MARINE ZONES 225 AND 220 IN THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AND HIGH WIND WARNING LEVEL WIND GUSTS IN AND AROUND THE POINT HOPE AREA. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO FOUND ALONG THE BERING STRAIT AND ON ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. WIND ADVISORIES CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR SUMMITS OVER THE INTERIOR WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE GRADIENT OVER THE INTERIOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR WIND CHILL AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES CONTINUE FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH SLOPE. TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S AND NEAR 40 BELOW ARE COMBINING WITH WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WITH MANY LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 50S BELOW OVER NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. HOWARD PASS IN THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE HAS HAD WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 82 BELOW THIS MORNING WITH THE TEMPERATURE A BALMY 33 BELOW AND A STEADY NORTH WIND AT 56 KTS. LOW WIND CHILL VALUES AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE CONTINUE TO MONITOR NORTH SHORE OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND FOR POSSIBLE BEACH EROSION FREEZING SPRAY NEAR SHORE WITH BREAKING WAVES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ205-AKZ206. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ213. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. STORM WARNING FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ230. && CCC DEC 14
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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.