Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Nov 27, 2015, 11:52 AM AKST. It was in force for 8 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
- Nov 27, 2015, 11:52 AM AKST (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2015, 8:21 PM AKST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
271 WWAK73 PAFG 272052 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1152 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 AKZ219-280900- /O.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0014.151127T2052Z-151128T0900Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 1152 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. * LOCATION...OVER THE UPLANDS. * WINDS...EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. DAMAGE TO ROOFS MAY OCCUR. TREES MAY BREAK AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ225-280900- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1152 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...NEAR PASSES. * WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ226-280900- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1152 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...NEAR PASSES. * WINDS...GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
119 WWAK73 PAFG 272109 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 AKZ219-280900- /O.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...OVER THE UPLANDS. * WINDS...EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. DAMAGE TO ROOFS MAY OCCUR. TREES MAY BREAK AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ220-280900- /O.EXA.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. * LOCATION...OVER THE UPLANDS * WINDS...GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ AKZ225-280900- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...NEAR PASSES. * WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ226-280900- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...NEAR PASSES. * WINDS...GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. 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. && $$
807 WWAK73 PAFG 280521 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 821 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 AKZ219-280630- /O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 821 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ AKZ220-225-226-280630- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...HEALY... DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE... BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL... MINERAL LAKE 821 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...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 high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Nov 27, 6:01 AM AKST, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 6:01 AM AKST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 601 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH AT LEAST 48 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE INTERIOR TODAY WILL WEAKEN AND SLIDE TO THE EAST OVER THE CANANDIAN YUKON. UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN OVER THE YUKON DELTA SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN TRACK OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND SATURDAY EVENING. CONTINUED WARM TEMPS TODAY OVER THE INTERIOR WITH A COOLING TREND OVER THE WEEKEND. SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THROUGH FRIDAY OVER THE ARCTIC COAST FROM THE PARENT HIGH IN FAR EAST RUSSIA. STRONG 975 MB LOW NEAR COLD BAY WILL MOVE TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND BY EARLY SAT MORNING AS A 979 MB LOW AND PRODUCE A VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC COAST. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN TO 981 JUST SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WEST COAST...A DECENT PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT BETWEEN THE HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC AND LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE BERING SEA. GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR POINT HOPE AND AREAS ALONG THE BERING STRAIT THROUGH SATURDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME ON SUNDAY. SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOW OVER THE WEST COAST BUT LIGHT AMOUNTS EXPECTED. ZONE 213 WILL SEE LOWER VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. INTERIOR...MODERATE CHINOOK THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN THE ALASKA RANGE. GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN PASSES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE USUAL CHANNELLED AREAS. WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONES 225 AND 226. DELTA JUNCTION COULD SEE GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. VERY LIGHT RETURNS ON THE RADAR THIS MORNING. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN OVER THE INTERIOR THIS MORNING. LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ON SATURDAY AND EVEN COLDER ON SUNDAY AS RIDGING WEAKENS AND COOLER 850 TEMPS MOVE IN ALOFT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && NOV 15
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 27, 10:09 AM AKST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1009 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1007 AM HEAVY SNOW COLLEGE 64.87N 147.82W
11/27/2015 M1.3 INCH AK OFFICIAL NWS OBS
AS OF 9 AM THIS MORNING, THE COLLEGE OBSERVATORY HAS
RECORDED 1.3 INCHES NEW SNOW LAST 24 HOURS. THIS GIVES A
THREE DAY TOTAL OF 5.6 INCHES AND A SNOW DEPTH, WITH SOME
SETTLING, OF 17 INCHES.
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HFLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 3:51 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 17 hr | |
| Nov 27, 4:06 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Nov 27, 4:11 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Nov 27, 4:11 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Nov 27, 2:43 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 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.