Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 27, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Dec 12, 2017, 10:30 AM AKST. It was in force for 34 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 12, 2017, 10:30 AM AKST (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2017, 8:31 PM AKST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
825 WWAK73 PAFG 121930 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 1030 AM AKST Tue Dec 12 2017 AKZ225-131500- /O.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0009.171213T1200Z-171214T0300Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0027.171212T1930Z-171214T1500Z/ Denali- Including Healy, Denali National Park, Carlo Creek, and Kantishna 1030 AM AKST Tue Dec 12 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 6 AM AKST Thursday. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * WINDS...South gusting to 75 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase during the day today and will peak late this evening. Winds will die down some overnight. Winds will increase again during the day on Wednesday peaking Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could blow lose objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means hazardous high winds are occurring or expected. Take precautions to protect life and prevent property damage. && $$ AKZ226-131500- /O.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0009.171213T1800Z-171214T0300Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0027.171212T1930Z-171214T1500Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 1030 AM AKST Tue Dec 12 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 6 AM AKST Thursday. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * LOCATION...In Passes west of Mentasta and along the north side of the Alaska Range. * WINDS...South gusting to 75 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase during the day today and will peak late this evening. Winds will die down some overnight. Winds will increase again during the day on Wednesday peaking Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could blow lose objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means hazardous high winds are occurring or expected. Take precautions to protect life and prevent property damage. && $$ AKZ223-131500- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0049.171212T1930Z-171214T1500Z/ Deltana and Tanana Flats- Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake 1030 AM AKST Tue Dec 12 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... * LOCATION...near Delta Junction. * WINDS...southeast gusting 65 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase during the day today and will peak late this evening. Winds will die down some overnight. Winds will increase again during the day on Wednesday peaking Wednesday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
685 WWAK73 PAFG 131413 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 513 AM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 AKZ225-140100- /O.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-171214T0600Z/ Denali- Including Healy, Denali National Park, Carlo Creek, and Kantishna 513 AM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...In Passes and along the north side of the Alaska Range. * WINDS...South gusting to 70 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this morning. The strongest winds will be this afternoon and early evening. Winds will decrease late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could blow lose objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means hazardous high winds are occurring or expected. Take precautions to protect life and prevent property damage. && $$ AKZ226-140100- /O.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-171214T0900Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 513 AM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...In Passes west of Mentasta and along the north side of the Alaska Range. * WINDS...South gusting to 70 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this morning. The strongest winds will be this afternoon and early evening. Winds will decrease late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could blow lose objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means hazardous high winds are occurring or expected. Take precautions to protect life and prevent property damage. && $$ AKZ223-140100- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-171214T0600Z/ Deltana and Tanana Flats- Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake 513 AM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...near Delta Junction. * WINDS...southeast gusting 50 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this morning. The strongest winds will be from late this morning through this afternoon. Winds will decrease this evening. . PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
966 WWAK73 PAFG 131809 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 909 AM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 AKZ225-140300- /O.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-171214T0600Z/ Denali- Including Healy, Denali National Park, Carlo Creek, and Kantishna 909 AM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...In Passes and along the north side of the Alaska Range. * WINDS...South gusting to 70 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this morning. The strongest winds will be this afternoon and early evening. Winds will decrease late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could blow lose objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means hazardous high winds are occurring or expected. Take precautions to protect life and prevent property damage. && $$ AKZ226-140300- /O.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-171214T0900Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 909 AM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...In Passes west of Mentasta and along the north side of the Alaska Range. * WINDS...South gusting to 70 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this morning. The strongest winds will be this afternoon and early evening. Winds will decrease late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could blow lose objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means hazardous high winds are occurring or expected. Take precautions to protect life and prevent property damage. && $$ AKZ219-140300- /O.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-171214T0300Z/ Upper Koyukuk Valley- Including Allakaket, Hughes, Bettles, Caribou Mountain, and Gobblers Knob 909 AM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 6 PM AKST this evening. * LOCATION...Highway Summits. * WINDS...Southeast gusting 40 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this morning. The strongest winds will be from late this morning through this afternoon. Winds will decrease 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. && $$ AKZ223-140300- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-171214T0600Z/ Deltana and Tanana Flats- Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake 909 AM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...near Delta Junction. * WINDS...Southeast gusting 50 mph. * TIMING...The strongest winds will be from late this morning through this afternoon. Winds will decrease this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
306 WWAK73 PAFG 140233 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 533 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 AKZ219-140345- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-171214T0300Z/ Upper Koyukuk Valley- Including Allakaket, Hughes, Bettles, Caribou Mountain, and Gobblers Knob 533 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has cancelled the Wind Advisory. $$ AKZ225-140600- /O.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-171214T0600Z/ Denali- Including Healy, Denali National Park, Carlo Creek, and Kantishna 533 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...In Passes and along the north side of the Alaska Range. * WINDS...South gusting to 70 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this morning. The strongest winds will be this afternoon and early evening. Winds will decrease late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could blow lose objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means hazardous high winds are occurring or expected. Take precautions to protect life and prevent property damage. && $$ AKZ226-140600- /O.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-171214T0900Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 533 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...In Passes west of Mentasta and along the north side of the Alaska Range. * WINDS...South gusting to 70 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this morning. The strongest winds will be this afternoon and early evening. Winds will decrease late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could blow lose objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means hazardous high winds are occurring or expected. Take precautions to protect life and prevent property damage. && $$ AKZ223-140600- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-171214T0600Z/ Deltana and Tanana Flats- Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake 533 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...near Delta Junction. * WINDS...Southeast gusting 50 mph. * TIMING...The strongest winds will be from late this morning through this afternoon. Winds will decrease this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
429 WWAK73 PAFG 140439 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 739 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 AKZ225-140545- /O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-171214T0600Z/ Denali- Including Healy, Denali National Park, Carlo Creek, and Kantishna 739 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has cancelled the High Wind Warning. $$ AKZ223-140545- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-171214T0600Z/ Deltana and Tanana Flats- Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake 739 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has cancelled the Wind Advisory. $$ AKZ226-140900- /O.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-171214T0900Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 739 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...In Passes west of Mentasta and along the north side of the Alaska Range. * WINDS...South gusting to 70 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase this morning. The strongest winds will be this afternoon and early evening. Winds will decrease late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong winds could blow lose objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means hazardous high winds are occurring or expected. Take precautions to protect life and prevent property damage. && $$
505 WWAK73 PAFG 140531 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 831 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 AKZ226-140645- /O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-171214T0900Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 831 PM AKST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has cancelled the High Wind Warning. $$
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 Dec 12, 6:49 AM AKST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 6:49 AM AKST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 649 AM AKST Tue Dec 12 2017 .DISCUSSION... The active southerly flow pattern will continue across Northern Alaska. The will create a variety of weather concerns ranging from winter weather hazards to high winds. This pattern will also allow for unseasonably warm temperatures to persist from the Brooks Range south. Models are in good agreement on the overall pattern continuing. They disagree in the placement and timing of features embedded in the pattern like the flow of shortwave troughs, but they are similar enough to have moderate to high confidence in the forecasted weather hazards and that the pattern will persist through the next few days. Interior...the most recent Chinook event has subsided in the Alaska Range. However, there will only be a brief reprieve from high winds along the range with the next Chinook event forecasted for Wednesday. This next event is anticipated to start in the early morning hours Wednesday in the Denali area and start later in the morning for the Eastern Alaska Range. Winds should drop off quickly Wednesday afternoon. Summits north of the Fairbanks area will also be windy. For the rest of the Interior, temperatures will be well above normal. In the western Interior today and tomorrow another round of freezing rain is likely in the Middle Yukon Valley south of Galena. Up to one quarter of an inch of ice accumulation is expected and up to 4 inches of snow may fall. North slope...southerly flow is affecting the north slope by pushing successive frontal systems over the Brooks Range and into the Arctic. There may be a short break in the Barrow area from winds and blowing snow today after the front currently over the Arctic coast moves north. The next system is expected to arrive tonight and produce mainly winds and blowing snow. Current winter storm warning conditions for the Western Arctic coast will continue until Thursday. West Coast...Active weather is also present along the West Coast. The winter storm in the Kobuk and Noatak valleys is forecasted to subside this morning. However, precipitation will continue moving up from the south, providing another couple inches of snow for most places. Importantly, freezing rain is also expected along the coast of the Norton Sound in zones 211 and 212, with up to one tenth of an inch of accumulation expected. In the Lower Yukon Valley and Yukon Delta, heavier freezing precipitation is anticipated. Up to one quarter of an inch of freezing rain and 4 inches of snow are expected today and tomorrow. Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Watch for AKZ225-AKZ226. Wind Advisory for AKZ223. Winter Storm Warning for AKZ201-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217. Winter Weather Advisory for AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ208-AKZ211- AKZ212-AKZ214. Heavy Freezing Spray Warning for PKZ210-PKZ220. Gale Warning for PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230. Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. &&
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 5:47 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Dec 12, 6:08 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | 4 hr | |
| Dec 12, 6:08 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Dec 12, 6:20 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Dec 12, 6:20 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 7 days | |
| Dec 12, 2:01 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 46 hr | |
| Dec 12, 2:33 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 12, 2:39 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 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.