Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 29, 2007, 4:51 PM AKDT. It took effect at Mar 30, 2007, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 14 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 29, 2007, 4:51 PM AKDT (00:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2007, 4:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2007, 6:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK42 PAFG 300551 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 951 PM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 AKZ213-301300- /X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0003.070330T1200Z-070331T0200Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0012.070330T1200Z-070331T0100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 951 PM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM ADT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM ADT FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARD MORNING. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. DUE TO THE WARMING TEMPERATURES VISIBILITIES MAY BE THE LOWEST ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SHOULD END FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT COULD REDEVELOP AGAIN ON SATURDAY. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK42 PAFG 301213 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 413 AM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 AKZ213-302330- /X.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070331T0200Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 413 AM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. DUE TO THE WARMING TEMPERATURES VISIBILITIES MAY BE THE LOWEST ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SHOULD END BY THIS EVENING BUT COULD REDEVELOP AGAIN ON SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFG 302126 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 126 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 AKZ213-310200- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070331T0200Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 126 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE BERING STRAIT UNTIL 6PM TODAY. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT IS BRINGING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY 6PM AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTH AND THE WINDS AND SNOW DECREASE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED AT ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND CONDITIONS ARE NOW IMPROVING THERE AS WINDS DECREASE. 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. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFG 310153 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 553 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 AKZ213-310300- /X.EXP.PAFG.BZ.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070331T0200Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 553 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE BERING STRAIT COAST AND SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND HAVE ENDED. $$
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 29, 9:58 AM AKDT, 6 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 9:58 AM AKDT, 6 hours 53 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 258 PM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS AS RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS OVER MAINLAND ALASKA THROUGH SATURDAY. ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE IS NAM BUILDING THIS RIDGE A BIT STRONGER ON SAT, BUT WE PREFERRED THE GFS AND ECMF SOLUTION WHICH HAS SLIGHTLY LOWER 500 MB HEIGHTS. THE GFS HAS BIT COOLER TEMPS AS A RESULT. A WEAKENING OCCLUDED FRONT NOW ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE TO BARROW TO ATIGUN PASS BY 4AM FRI AND THEN DISSIPATE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST FRI PM. WILL SEE FLURRIES ALONG THIS FRONT WITH CLEARING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF IT. A STRONGER FRONT NOW IN THE SOUTHERN BERING WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN BERING BY 4AM FRI...TO THE BERING STRAIT TO YUKON DELTA BY 4PM FRI...AND THEN ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA SAT. WILL SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WITH THIS FRONT AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25-35KT. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN ZONE 213 STARTING ABOUT 4AM. TEMPERATURES ZONES 213 MAY BE TOO WARM SO ARE LEAVING THIS AS A WATCH FOR NOW. MAY SEE SOUTH WINDS TO 40KT SAT BEHIND THIS FRONT OVER ZONE 213 AS THE POISONOUS TAIL MOVES OVER THAT AREA. THIS COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER BLIZ BUT WILL WAIT TO SEE MORE ON THIS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && JB MAR 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:38 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 46 hr |
Nearby
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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.