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Small Craft Advisory 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK

May 7, 2017

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at May 7, 2017, 3:18 PM AKDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2017, 3:18 PM AKDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2017, 2:36 AM AKDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at May 7, 2:48 PM AKDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:48 PM AKDT, 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 1:17 PM AKDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
117 PM AKDT SUN MAY 7 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 AM     FLOOD            1 N MANLEY HOT SPRINGS  65.00N 150.64W
05/07/2017                   YUKON-KOYUKUK      AK   PUBLIC

            ICE JAM BELOW MANLEY HOT SPRINGS ON TANANA
            RIVER CAUSING MANLEY SLOUGH TO BACK UP INTO
            TOWN. SLOUGH WATER CROSSING SOME LOW ROADS
            SO FAR, BUT WATER AND ICE STILL BACKING UP.
            WATER RISING STEADILY. WOULD BE RELIEVED
            WHEN ICE JAM OPENS. NOT SURE OF EXTENT OF
            JAM???.

&&

HFL

Local storm report, May 7, 1:19 PM AKDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
119 PM AKDT SUN MAY 7 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0115 PM     FLOOD            4 ENE LAKE MINCHUMINA   63.90N 152.28W
05/07/2017                   YUKON-KOYUKUK      AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CALL FROM OBSERVER THAT THE RIVER CRESTED AT
            12:30PM TODAY AND IS NOW GOING DOWN. A
            MEASUREMENT WILL BE TAKEN AND CALLED IN.

&&

HFL

Special weather statement, May 7, 1:50 PM AKDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
150 PM AKDT Sun May 7 2017

AKZ211-080800-
Southern Seward Peninsula Coast-
Including Nome, White Mountain, and Golovin
150 PM AKDT Sun May 7 2017

...Strong Winds at Nome through Midnight Tonight...

North winds gusting to 40 mph are now occuring at Nome,
and along the Southern Seward Peninsula Coast from
Brevig Mission to Elim. These strong gusty winds are expected
to continue through midnight tonight and then begin to decrease.

JB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 5:56 PM AKDT	Red Flag Warning	AFG	27 hr
May 7, 3:33 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	23 hr
May 7, 7:34 AM AKDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AFG	26 hr
May 7, 2:08 PM AKDT	Wind Advisory	AFG	10 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.