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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jul 14, 2014, 3:27 PM AKDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2014, 3:27 PM AKDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2014, 11:30 PM AKDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388 WWAK73 PAFG 142327 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 327 PM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 AKZ222-150800- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0020.140714T2327Z-140715T0800Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 327 PM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS WILL DECREASE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 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. TREES COULD BLOW OVER ON POWER LINES AS WELL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
137 WWAK73 PAFG 150730 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1130 PM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 AKZ222-150830- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140715T0800Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 1130 PM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Jul 14, 11:39 AM AKDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 11:39 AM AKDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1139 AM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... CURRENT MODELS ARE INDICATING AN ACTIVE PROGRESSIVE FLOW PATTERN OVER THE FORECAST AREAS FOR THE NEXT WEEK. A DEEP UPPER LOW CENTER...535 DAM AT 500 MB...400 MILES NORTH OF DEADHORSE WILL MOVE TO THE WESTERN CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO BY WED AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE ON EASTWARD THROUGH THU. A SHORT WAVE SWINGING AROUND THE UPPER LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA TODAY AND TONIGHT...REACHING THE ALCAN BORDER LATE TONIGHT. AFTER THE UPPER LOW AND SHORT WAVE EXIT TO THE EAST...NORTHERN ALASKA WILL BE UNDER A LIGHTER WESTERLY FLOW PATTERN TUE AFTERNOON THROUGH WED AFTERNOON...WITH A WEAK RIPPLE IN THE FLOW SCOOTING EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS NOW CENTERED OVER THE NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS IN RUSSIA...ABOUT 1000 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARROW. THIS SHORT WAVE IS PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN INTO A DEEPENING UPPER LOW CENTER OVER THE WESTERN BEAUFORT SEA BY WED AFTERNOON...WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA. THIS UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO ABOUT 200 MILES NORTH OF BARROW BY THU AFTERNOON...USING A MEAN POSITION OF THE GFS AND ECMWF PROGS. BY SAT AFTERNOON...MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE BUT BOTH SUGGEST A LONG WAVE THROUGH POSITION OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. A COOL MOIST WESTERLY FLOW APPEARS LIKELY OVER NORTHERN ALASKA FOR DAYS 5-7. SURFACE... A 999 MB LOW 350 MILES NORTH OF DEADHORSE WILL MOVE TO 200 MILES NORTH OF BANKS ISLAND BY TUE AFTERNOON...THEN REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH WED AFTERNOON. A 996 MB LOW OVER EAST CENTRAL SIBERIA...ABOUT 700 MILES WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND...DEEPENING TO A 998 MB CENTER ABOUT 50-75 MILES NORTH OF WAINWRIGHT BY WED AFTERNOON. GFS AND ECMWF POSITIONS AND CENTRAL PRESSURE FAIRLY CLOSE AT 00Z THU...WILL GO WITH MEAN POSITION. THIS LOW CENTER LIKELY TO DEEPEN A FEW MB AND MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER EAST BY THU AFTERNOON...BUT THERE IS MORE SPREAD IN MODEL POSITIONS. BRISK WINDS...INITIALLY WEST THEN SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST... LIKELY ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AS THE LOW TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA. BRISK WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM LIKELY BEGINNING ON THE NORTHWEST COAST AND ADJACENT MARINE AREAS LATE WED NIGHT...THEN SPREADING EASTWARD. EASTWARD MOVING WEATHER FRONT AND BAND OF MOIST AIR IS GENERATING RAIN OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR...NULATO HILLS...AND CENTRAL/WESTERN BROOKS RANGE.RAIN SPREADING ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4... WILL NEED TO MONITOR POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED SURF AND BEACH EROSION ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST FROM WAINWRIGHT TO CAPE LISBURNE DUE TO BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED. THE FETCH FOR WESTERLY WINDS IS QUITE LONG BUT BECOMES CONSIDERABLY LESS FOR NORTHWEST WINDS...CURRENT ICE GRIDS HAVE THE ICE EDGE EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF WAINWRIGHT WESTWARD TO SOUTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND. && .FIRE WEATHER... MIN RH REMAINING ABOVE 30 PERCENT. WETTING RAINS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE OVER THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR. && .HYDROLOGY... 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN NULATO HILLS SINCE SUN. 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE KOKRINE HILLS AND NORTHERN KUSKOKWIM MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUE. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. WHILE RAIN HAS ALSO OCCURRED OVER THE FLATLAND AREAS IN THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR...NO FLOOD ISSUES ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS ALTHOUGH GENERAL RISES ON THE LARGER RIVERS WILL LIKELY EVENTUALLY OCCUR. IN THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY...ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN TOPOGRAPHICALLY FAVORABLE AREAS. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE ELEVATED RIVER STAGES BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...AKZ210-AKZ212-AKZ216-AKZ221-AKZ227. && RF JUL 14
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:06 AM AKDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1106 AM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 AKZ222>224-151400- MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION... FORT GREELY...HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE... HEALY LAKE...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY... ALCAN...CHICKEN...BOUNDARY 1106 AM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...MORE RAIN AND HIGH WATER LEVELS EXPECTED ON AREA RIVERS... A WEATHER FRONT WILL SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR TODAY AND TUESDAY. RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE FAIRBANKS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH AND EAST OF FAIRBANKS...INCLUDING THE CHENA...CHATANIKA...AND SALCHA RIVER BASINS. SOILS ACROSS THE AREA ARE STILL SATURATED AND GROUNDWATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH DUE TO THE VERY WET WEATHER DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RUNOFF INTO THE LOCAL RIVERS AND RESULT IN HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEK...INCLUDING THE CHENA...CHATANIKA...AND SALCHA RIVERS. FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME BUT MOST GRAVEL BARS WILL BE COVERED AND THERE MAY BE INCREASED DEBRIS MOVING DOWNRIVER. EWP
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:06 AM AKDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1106 AM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 AKZ222>224-151400- MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION... FORT GREELY...HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE... HEALY LAKE...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY... ALCAN...CHICKEN...BOUNDARY 1106 AM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...MORE RAIN AND HIGH WATER EXPECTED ON AREA RIVERS... A WEATHER FRONT WILL SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR TODAY AND TUESDAY. RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE FAIRBANKS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH AND EAST OF FAIRBANKS...INCLUDING THE CHENA...CHATANIKA...AND SALCHA RIVER BASINS. SOILS ACROSS THE AREA ARE STILL SATURATED AND GROUNDWATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH DUE TO THE VERY WET WEATHER DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RUNOFF INTO THE LOCAL RIVERS AND RESULT IN HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEK...INCLUDING THE CHENA...CHATANIKA...AND SALCHA RIVERS. FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME BUT MOST GRAVEL BARS WILL BE COVERED AND THERE MAY BE INCREASED DEBRIS MOVING DOWNRIVER. EWP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:04 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 59 hr | |
| Jul 14, 9:42 AM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Jul 14, 1:07 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jul 14, 2:17 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 4 days |
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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.