Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at May 23, 2007, 3:03 AM AKDT. It took effect at May 23, 2007, 9:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 8 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
- May 23, 2007, 3:03 AM AKDT (11:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2007, 9:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2007, 4:55 PM AKDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK61 PAFC 231603 RFWAER RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 803 AM ADT WED MAY 23 2007 AKZ141-240415- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0007.070523T1700Z-070524T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 803 AM ADT WED MAY 23 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. RH RECOVER WAS POOR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN OVERNIGHT. RHS EARLY THIS MORNING REMAIN IN THE UPPER 30S TO UPPER 40S FOR MUCH OF THE BASIN. AS TEMPERATURES WARM THIS MORNING RHS WILL DROP BACK THROUGH THE 30S AND THEN INTO THE 20S BY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...STRONGEST ALONG THE COPPER RIVER...WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 15 MPH OR LESS BY LATE THIS EVENING WHILE RHS SLOWLY RISE INTO THE 30S. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMENENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK61 PAFC 240055 RFWAER RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 455 PM ADT WED MAY 23 2007 AKZ141-240200- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070524T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 455 PM ADT WED MAY 23 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. ALTHOUGH WIND IS INCREASING ABOVE 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...CLOUD COVER AND MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA ARE KEEPING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WELL ABOVE 30 PERCENT. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:45 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 38 hr | |
| May 22, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| May 22, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days | |
| May 23, 1:15 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 10 hr | |
| May 23, 11:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 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.