Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2014
Storm Warning 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Dec 14, 2014, 3:03 PM AKST. It was in force for 37 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 14, 2014, 3:03 PM AKST (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2014, 3:35 AM AKST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
075 FZAK52 PAFG 150003 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 303 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 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. PKZ299-151500- 303 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 966 MB LOW IN CENTRAL BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE TO 150 NM W OF NUNIVAK ISLAND BY TUE MORNING AT 975 MB. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG 75N WILL SHIFT NORTH THROUGH MONDAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE BERING STRAIT AND SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA. $$ PKZ200-151500- NORTON SOUND- 303 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-151500- DALL POINT TO WALES- 303 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT OFF THE YUKON DELTA. SEAS 14 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NE WINDS 50 KT... SEAS 15 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 50 KT...EXCEPT 25 KT OFF THE YUKON DELTA. SEAS 15 FT. FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ215-151500- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 303 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-151500- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 303 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 40 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ CF/DJH DEC 14
3 follow-up statements
777 FZAK52 PAFG 151209 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 309 AM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-160315- 309 AM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 968 MB LOW IN CENTRAL BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE TO 150 NM W OF NUNIVAK ISLAND BY TUE MORNING AT 975 MB. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG 75N WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE BERING STRAIT AND SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA. $$ PKZ200-160315- NORTON SOUND- 309 AM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-160315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 309 AM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 15 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 15 FT. FOG...SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ215-160315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 309 AM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 .TODAY...N WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-160315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 309 AM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. $$ LTH/SDB DEC 14
456 FZAK52 PAFG 152320 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 220 PM AKST MON DEC 15 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. PKZ299-161245- 220 PM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 977 MB LOW IN BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE TO 150 NM W OF NUNIVAK ISLAND BY TUE MORNING AND WEAKEN THROUGH WED MORNING. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG 75N WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH WED. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE BERING STRAIT AND SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA TONIGHT. $$ PKZ200-161245- NORTON SOUND- 220 PM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-161245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 220 PM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 50 KT THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT. ELSEWHERE NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. FOG...SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT. ELSEWHERE NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ215-161245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 220 PM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-161245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 220 PM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ EWP/ET/BB DEC 14
821 FZAK52 PAFG 161235 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 335 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-170345- 335 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 974 MB LOW NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL MOVE OVER ST MATTHEW ISLAND EARLY WED MORNING...THEN DRIFT E AS IT WEAKENS AND DISSIPATES BY LATE THU EVENING. A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT EXTENDS ACROSS 75N FROM SIBERIA TO BANKS ISLAND WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT N. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH AND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA...BERING STRAIT...AND NORTHEAST BERING SEA TODAY...THEN WEAKEN SLOWLY BEGINNING EARLY WED. $$ PKZ200-170345- NORTON SOUND- 335 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-170345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 335 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2014 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ215-170345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 335 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-170345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 335 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ SDB/RM 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 14, 2:19 PM AKST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 2:19 PM AKST, 44 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 48 HOURS. STRONG LOW IN BRISTOL BAY WILL PINWHEEL AROUND AND END UP JUST WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND TUE AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL LOW NORTH OF BARTER ISLAND WITH COLD TROUGH EXTENDING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WILL BE LIFTED NORTH WITH THE BUILDING OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. THE GRADIENT HAS ALREADY INCREASED OVER THE WEST COAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE BRISTOL BAY LOW MOVES NORTH. BUT BECAUSE IT WILL BE WARM AIR ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRADIENT FLOW...DO NOT EXPECT WINDS TO BE AS STRONG AS PREVIOUS EVENT OVER WEST COAST OR THE INTERIOR. STRONG WINDS OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WILL REMAIN THROUGH ABOUT TUE EVENING. SEVERAL WAVES WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR THROUGH WED. WEAK CHINOOK FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR ON WED WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION VOID OF MOST INTERIOR LOCATIONS EAST OF TANANA. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OVER HIGHER TERRAIN STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUE EVENING. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ219. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ213. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ207. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225. && CF DEC 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 5:46 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:49 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Dec 15, 3:04 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:32 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 13 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.