Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at Apr 24, 2015, 12:01 AM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 24, 2015, 12:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 33 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 24, 2015, 12:01 AM AKDT (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2015, 12:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2015, 9:28 PM AKDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
974 WWAK61 PAFC 240801 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1201 AM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 AKZ111-250015- /O.UPG.PAFC.FW.A.0003.150424T2000Z-150425T0600Z/ /O.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0003.150424T2000Z-150425T0600Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 1201 AM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM AKDT FRIDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM AKDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY. * LOCATION...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY TO NEAR PALMER...WITH LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED FARTHER WEST TOWARDS WASILLA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS RH VALUES FALL INTO THE TEENS. RH VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER INTO THE 40-50 PERCENT RANGE BY LATE EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
7 follow-up statements
536 WWAK61 PAFC 241311 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 511 AM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 AKZ111-250600- /O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0003.150424T2000Z-150425T0600Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 511 AM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY. * LOCATION...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ZONE...BUT ESPECIALLY SO WHERE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY WEST TO NEAR PALMER AND WASILLA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS RH VALUES FALL INTO THE TEENS. RH VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER INTO THE 40-50 PERCENT RANGE BY LATE EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
634 WWAK61 PAFC 241917 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1117 AM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 AKZ101-250600- /O.EXB.PAFC.FW.W.0003.150425T0000Z-150425T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE- 1117 AM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE ANCHORAGE AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR THE ANCHORAGE AREA. * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG THE HILLSIDE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATION...THE ANCHORAGE AREA ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HILLSIDE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...16 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS RH VALUES FALL INTO THE TEENS AND 20S. RH VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER INTO THE 40-50 PERCENT RANGE BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ111-250600- /O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0003.150424T2000Z-150425T0600Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 1117 AM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY. * LOCATION...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ZONE...ESPECIALLY WHERE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY AND WEST TO NEAR PALMER AND WASILLA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS RH VALUES FALL INTO THE TEENS. RH VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER INTO THE 40- 50 PERCENT RANGE BY LATE EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
157 WWAK61 PAFC 250006 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 406 PM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 AKZ111-251615- /O.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150426T0000Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 406 PM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT SATURDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY. * LOCATION...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ZONE...ESPECIALLY WHERE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY AND WEST TO NEAR PALMER AND WASILLA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS RH VALUES FALL INTO THE TEENS. RH VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER INTO THE 40- 50 PERCENT RANGE WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT AGAIN DROP TO NEAR 15 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ101-250600- /O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150425T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE- 406 PM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE ANCHORAGE AREA... * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG SOUTH AND WEST ANCHORAGE AND ALONG THE HILLSIDE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...16 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AS RH VALUES REMAIN AROUND 20 PERCENT. RH VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER INTO THE 40-50 PERCENT RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
422 WWAK61 PAFC 250602 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1002 PM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 AKZ101-250715- /O.EXP.PAFC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150425T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE- 1002 PM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE ANCHORAGE AREA... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE VERY SLOW TO RECOVER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT FROM EAST ANCHORAGE NORTH. $$ AKZ111-252215- /O.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150426T0600Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 1002 PM AKDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT SATURDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY. * LOCATION...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ZONE...ESPECIALLY WHERE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY AND WEST TO NEAR PALMER AND WASILLA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONLY SLOWLY RECOVER INTO THE 40-50 PERCENT RANGE TOWARD MORNING...BUT AGAIN DROP TO CRITICAL VALUES SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 50S SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
081 WWAK61 PAFC 251046 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 AKZ101-260300- /O.EXB.PAFC.FW.W.0003.150425T2200Z-150426T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE- 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FROM EAST ANCHORAGE NORTH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...FROM EAST ANCHORAGE NORTH...INCLUDING THE EAGLE RIVER AND EKLUTNA RIVER VALLEYS. * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...AS SKIES CLEAR FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN PLUMMET TOWARD CRITICAL VALUES. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RECOVER BY LATE EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ145-260300- /O.EXB.PAFC.FW.W.0003.150425T2200Z-150426T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH. * 20 FT WINDS...LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...AS SKIES CLEAR FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN PLUMMET TOWARD CRITICAL VALUES. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RECOVER BY LATE EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. * TEMPERATURES...IN MID TO UPPER 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ111-260300- /O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150426T0600Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH...HIGHEST OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...AS SKIES CLEAR FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN PLUMMET TOWARD CRITICAL VALUES. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RECOVER BY LATE EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
328 WWAK61 PAFC 260001 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 401 PM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 AKZ101-260600- /O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150426T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE- 401 PM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTH AND EAST ANCHORAGE... * LOCATION...FOR NORTH AND EAST ANCHORAGE...INCLUDING THE EAGLE RIVER AND EKLUTNA RIVER VALLEYS. * 20 FT WINDS...VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING BY LATE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ111-260600- /O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150426T0600Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 401 PM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... * 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH...HIGHEST OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING BY LATE EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ145-260600- /O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150426T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 401 PM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH... * LOCATION...FROM TALKEETNA SOUTH. * 20 FT WINDS...VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING BY LATE EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. * TEMPERATURES...IN MID TO UPPER 50S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
045 WWAK61 PAFC 260528 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 928 PM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 AKZ101-111-145-260630- /O.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150426T0600Z/ ANCHORAGE-MATANUSKA VALLEY-SUSITNA VALLEY- 928 PM AKDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. HOWEVER...DRY NORTHERLY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP FROM THE MATANUSKA AND SUSITNA VALLEYS SOUTH THROUGH THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA SUNDAY AND MAY NECESSITATE THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:00 PM AKDT | Fire Weather Watch | AFC | 8 hr | |
| Apr 24, 3:35 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Apr 24, 3:40 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 35 hr | |
| Apr 24, 3:40 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 72 hr | |
| Apr 24, 3:45 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 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.