Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Chill Warnings in 2006
Wind Chill Warning 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill warning at Feb 4, 2006, 12:54 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 4, 2006, 5:54 AM AKST. It was in force for 22 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
- Feb 4, 2006, 12:54 AM AKST (09:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2006, 5:54 AM AKST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2006, 3:43 AM AKST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK41 PAFG 041454 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 554 AM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 AKZ202-042100- /X.UPG.PAFG.WC.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-060204T2100Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0009.060204T1454Z-060204T2100Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 554 AM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO OCCASIONALLY 15 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 40 BELOW WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TO 70 BELOW THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL WILL MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES RISE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK41 PAFG 042026 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1126 AM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 AKZ201-050100- /X.EXB.PAFG.WC.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060206T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 1126 AM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY. EXPECT WIND CHILL TO FALL TO 75 BELOW OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH SUNDAY AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE TO 25 MPH WITH AIR TEMPERATURES TO 40 BELOW OVERNIGHT. ON SUNDAY...EAST WINDS TO 25 MPH WITH AIR TEMPERATURES WARMING TO 20 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THE WIND CHILL DANGER. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING WINDS WILL EASE THE WIND CHILL DANGER BY MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ205-050100- /X.EXB.PAFG.WC.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060205T1500Z/ NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...SINGILUK...UMIAT 1126 AM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY. WIND CHILL WILL FALL TO 75 BELOW OVERNIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH OVERNIGHT AIR TEMPERATURES NEAR 55 BELOW. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE GRADUALLY ON SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO EASE THE WIND CHILL DANGER. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ202-050100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060205T1500Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 1126 AM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY. WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 MPH WITH AIR TEMPERATURES NEAR 40 BELOW WILL RETURN WIND CHILL TO 70 BELOW OVERNIGHT. WARMING TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL EASE THE WIND CHILL DANGER BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 042204 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 104 PM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 AKZ201-051400- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060206T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 104 PM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY. EXPECT WIND CHILL TO FALL TO 75 BELOW OVERNIGHT AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE TO 25 MPH WITH AIR TEMPERATURES TO 40 BELOW. ON SUNDAY...EAST WINDS TO 25 MPH WITH AIR TEMPERATURES WARMING TO 20 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THE DANGEROUS 75 BELOW WIND CHILL. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING WINDS WILL EASE THE WIND CHILL DANGER BY MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ202-051400- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060205T1500Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 104 PM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY. WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 MPH WITH AIR TEMPERATURES NEAR 40 BELOW WILL RETURN WIND CHILL TO 70 BELOW OVERNIGHT. WARMING TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL EASE THE WIND CHILL DANGER BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ205-051400- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060205T1500Z/ NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...SINGILUK...UMIAT 104 PM AST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY. WIND CHILL WILL FALL TO 75 BELOW OVERNIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH AIR TEMPERATURES NEAR 55 BELOW. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE GRADUALLY ON SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO EASE THE WIND CHILL DANGER. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 051243 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 343 AM AST SUN FEB 5 2006 AKZ201-060100- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060206T0300Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0032.060205T1243Z-060206T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 343 AM AST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. EXPECT WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW TODAY WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 25 BELOW. WIND CHILL WILL MODERATE SOME TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL OF 50 BELOW TO 59 BELOW IS EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ202-060100- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060205T1500Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0032.060205T1243Z-060206T0300Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 343 AM AST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. EXPECT WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW TODAY WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 25 BELOW. WIND CHILL WILL MODERATE SOME TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL OF 50 BELOW TO 59 BELOW IS EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ205-060100- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060205T1500Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0032.060205T1243Z-060206T0300Z/ NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...SINGILUK...UMIAT 343 AM AST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. EXPECT LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW ALONG THE NORTHERN PLAIN WITH EAST WINDS TO 15 MPH AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 25 BELOW. WIND CHILL WILL MODERATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL OF 50 BELOW TO 59 BELOW IS EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN TO COVER FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ203-060100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0032.060205T1243Z-060206T0300Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 343 AM AST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW AND WIND SPEEDS TO 20 MPH. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL OF 50 BELOW TO 59 BELOW IS EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN TO COVER FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ204-060100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0032.060205T1243Z-060206T0300Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 343 AM AST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW IS EXPECTED WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 20 BELOW AND WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL OF 50 BELOW TO 59 BELOW IS EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN TO COVER FROSTBITE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Feb 3, 9:32 AM AKST, 15 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 9:32 AM AKST, 15 hours 22 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 PM AST FRI FEB 3 2006 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT...CLOSED LOW OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL MOVE FURTHER WEST OVER RUSSIA THROUGH SUN. TROUGH FROM LOW WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR BY SAT AFTERNOON. RIDGE WILL BUILD NORTH OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA SAT. AXIS OF RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM THE EASTERN GULF TO THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY AND TO NEAR KOTZEBUE SOUND LATE SAT AFTERNOON. THE AXIS WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE ALCAN BORDER SUN MORNING. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL COVER ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA SAT THEN WILL DIMINISH OVER THE WEST COAST SUN BUT CONTINUE OVER THE EAST HALF OF NORTHERN ALASKA INTO MON. LOW PRESSURE WILL ROTATE FROM SOUTHWEST ALASKA SUN NIGHT TO NORTHEAST ALASKA MON NIGHT. SURFACE...RAPIDLY WEAKENING LOW WILL MOVE NORTH OF WAINWRIGHT TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE WELL NORTH OF POINT BARROW BY SAT EVENING. STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA BY SUN EVENING THEN OVER BERING STRAIT MON NIGHT. ANOTHER STRONG LOW WILL FORM OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA SUN NIGHT THEN MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR MON. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST AND EAST TO THE ALASKA RANGE THROUGH SAT THEN CONTINUE INTO SUN NIGHT. NORTH SLOPE...SOUTHERLY FLOW SAT THROUGH SUN WILL BRING MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES. A CONTINUATION OF THE MILDER WEATHER SHOULD BE EXPECTED UNTIL MID WEEK. A DECREASE IN CLOUDINESS...FOG...AND FLURRIES WILL ACCOMPANY THE MILDER TEMPERATURES. WEST COAST...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT THROUGH SUN AS STRONG LOW OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS MOVES NORTH. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT THE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BRING RELIEF FROM LOW WIND CHILLS. INTERIOR...WARMING WILL TAKE PLACE AS HIGH MOVES EAST INTO CANADA FRI NIGHT TO SAT. DEVELOPING WINDS WILL MIX WARMER AIR TO THE SURFACE OVER MANY AREAS. WINDS THROUGH PASSES OF THE ALASKA RANGE WILL BLOW SNOW. LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR MON MAY BRING A ROUND OF SNOW FOR SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE BUT MAINLY JUST FLURRIES ELSEWHERE OVER THE INTERIOR. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ213-AKZ223. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ221. WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ205-AKZ206- AKZ213. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ225-AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. && DA FEB 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 10:23 PM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Feb 3, 10:23 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Feb 3, 10:52 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Feb 4, 3:26 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Feb 4, 6:46 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 65 hr | |
| Feb 4, 6:46 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 46 hr | |
| Feb 4, 8:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Feb 4, 8:32 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Feb 4, 8:32 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 19 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.