Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 11, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 28, 2007, 3:50 PM AKDT. It took effect at Mar 28, 2007, 8:50 PM 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 3:50 PM AKDT (23:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2007, 8:50 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2007, 4:35 AM AKDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK42 PAFG 290450 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 850 PM ADT WED MAR 28 2007 AKZ213-291300- /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0011.070329T0450Z-070329T1300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 850 PM ADT WED MAR 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM ADT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM ADT THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END AND VISIBILITIES IMPROVE BY MORNING AS SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK42 PAFG 291235 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 435 AM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 AKZ213-291345- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070329T1300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 435 AM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Mar 28, 9:54 AM AKDT, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 9:54 AM AKDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 254 PM ADT WED MAR 28 2007 .SYNOPSIS... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AT THE SURFACE AND AT 500 MB. SOLUTIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR THROUGH 4PM FRI. A 1028 MB HIGH OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRI PM. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOUTH WINDS THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES TONIGHT AND NORTH WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES THROUGH FRI. A SURFACE TROUGH FROM BARTER ISLAND NORTHEAST WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DECREASE TONIGHT ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST. AN OCCLUDED FRONT IN FROM ANADYR TO TO NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL MOVE TO THE BERING STRAIT TONIGHT...TO CAPE LISBURNE TO UNALAKLEET BY 4PM THU... TO ANAKTUVUK TO BARROW BY 4AM FRI AND TO DEADHORSE TO ARCTIC VILLAGE BY 4PM FRI. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 15-25 KT ALONG THIS FRONT ALONG THE WEST COAST DIMINISHING AS IT MOVES INLAND. ALSO EXPECT SNOW ALONG THE FRONT ALONG THE WEST COAST DIMINISHING AS IT MOVES INLAND. A SECOND FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTER BERING THU AND TO THE BERING STRAIT FRI BRINGING STRONGER WINDS AND ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230. && JB MAR 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:46 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 6 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.