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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Fairbanks, AK

July 13, 2017

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2017, 9:25 PM AKDT. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2017, 9:25 PM AKDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2017, 10:00 PM AKDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK
Area
Storm-based polygon

The radar

The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fairbanks, (PFAI), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fairbanks, at 00:00Z on 2017-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fairbanks, at 00:00Z on 2017-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

988 
WUAK59 PAFG 140526
SVRAFG
AKZ223-140600-
/O.NEW.PAFG.SV.W.0013.170714T0526Z-170714T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
925 PM AKDT Thu Jul 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Deltana and Tanana Flats in Alaska...

* Until 1000 PM AKDT

* At 925 PM AKDT, Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
  capable of producing quarter size hail. This storm was located 9 
  miles northwest of Quartz Lake or Delta Junction. This storm was 
  also near mile post 292 of the Richardson Highway.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Severe thunderstorms produce damaging winds, destructive hail, deadly
lightning and very heavy rain. For your protection, move to an
interior room on the lowest floor of your home or business. Heavy
rains flood roads quickly so do not drive into areas where water
covers the road.

&&

LAT...LON 6429 14585 6420 14597 6428 14641 6437 14621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 132DEG 0KT 6430 14605 

$$

JK
1 follow-up statement
292 
WWAK59 PAFG 140554
SVSAFG

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
954 PM AKDT Thu Jul 13 2017

AKZ223-140604-
/O.EXP.PAFG.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170714T0600Z/
Deltana and Tanana Flats-
954 PM AKDT Thu Jul 13 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DELTANA AND
TANANA FLATS WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM AKDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 6429 14585 6420 14597 6428 14641 6437 14621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 132DEG 0KT 6430 14605 

$$

JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:40 PM AKDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAFG50 min
Jul 13, 9:12 PM AKDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAFG33 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.