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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Anchorage, AK

June 1, 2016

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at Jun 1, 2016, 4:29 PM AKDT. It took effect at Jun 1, 2016, 7:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 6 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: Jun 1, 2016, 4:29 PM AKDT (00:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 1, 2016, 7:00 PM AKDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2016, 1:15 AM AKDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

As transmitted.

427 
WWAK62 PAFC 020029
RFWALU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
429 PM AKDT WED JUN 1 2016

AKZ153-021100-
/O.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0003.160603T0300Z-160603T1100Z/
/O.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0004.160602T0300Z-160602T1100Z/
429 PM AKDT WED JUN 1 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKDT THURSDAY FOR
LIGHTNING FOR THE MIDDLE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKDT
THURSDAY. 

* LOCATION...BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM 
  MOUNTAINS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...4.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH NEAR
  THUNDERSTORMS.

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE 
  DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...ISOLATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE BUT THE OVERALL COVERAGE 
  SHOULD DECREASE.

* IMPACTS...AMPLE LIGHTNING COULD LEAD TO NUMEROUS NEW FIRE
  STARTS.

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

862 
WWAK62 PAFC 020915
RFWALU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
115 AM AKDT THU JUN 2 2016

AKZ153-021015-
/O.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160602T1100Z/
MIDDLE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
115 AM AKDT THU JUN 2 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE MIDDLE
KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

LIGHTING ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING...WITH ANY ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT ACTIVITY REMAINING
ISOLATED.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:04 PM AKDT	Red Flag Warning	AFC	25 min
Jun 2, 9:54 AM AKDT	Red Flag Warning	AFC	13 hr
Jun 2, 3:31 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	36 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.