Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Apr 7, 2007, 7:18 PM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 8, 2007, 12:18 AM AKDT. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 7, 2007, 7:18 PM AKDT (03:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2007, 12:18 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2007, 3:52 AM AKDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK42 PAFG 080818 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1218 AM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 AKZ207-080930- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070408T1400Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 1218 AM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST HAVE DIMINISHED. $$ AKZ213-081630- /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0014.070408T0818Z-070409T1400Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1218 AM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT MONDAY. NORTH WINDS FROM 30 TO 50 MPH AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY. THE AREA MOST AFFECTED WILL BE THE WEST END OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND GAMBELL. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK42 PAFG 081159 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 359 AM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 AKZ213-082300- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070409T1400Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 359 AM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT MONDAY... NORTH WINDS FROM 30 TO 50 MPH AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY. THE AREA MOST AFFECTED WILL BE THE WEST END OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND GAMBELL. 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. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFG 082254 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 254 PM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 AKZ213-091400- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070409T1400Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 254 PM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT MONDAY... NORTH WINDS FROM 30 TO 50 MPH AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY. THE AREA MOST AFFECTED WILL BE THE WEST END OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND GAMBELL. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFG 090607 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1007 PM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 AKZ213-091400- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070409T1400Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1007 PM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT MONDAY. 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. $$ AKZ207-091400- /X.NEW.PAFG.BS.Y.0022.070409T0607Z-070409T1800Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 1007 PM ADT SUN APR 8 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM ADT MONDAY NEAR POINT HOPE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NEAR POINT HOPE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM ADT MONDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW IN THE POINT HOPE AREA. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH A BIT LATE MONDAY MORNING...ALLOWING VISIBILITIES TO IMPROVE. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ RT APR 07
000 WWAK42 PAFG 091152 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 352 AM ADT MON APR 9 2007 AKZ213-091300- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070409T1400Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 352 AM ADT MON APR 9 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE AREA HAVE ENDED. $$ AKZ207-092000- /X.EXT.PAFG.BS.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-070410T0900Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 352 AM ADT MON APR 9 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM ADT TUESDAY NEAR POINT HOPE... NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW IN THE POINT HOPE AREA. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH SOME ON MONDAY EVENING...ALLOWING VISIBILITIES TO IMPROVE. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$
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 Apr 7, 7:23 AM AKDT, 11 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 7:23 AM AKDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1223 PM ADT SAT APR 7 2007 .DISCUSSION... INTERIOR... SOUTHERLY GAP WINDS IN ZONES 223-225-226 ARE STILL IN PROGRESS...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT FORT GREELY AND AT MULTIPLE SITES IN THE ALASKA RANGE. MODELS INDICATING RAPID WEAKENING OF THE SURFACE TROUGH IN THE INTERIOR AS WELL AS WINDS ALOFT... AND THIS SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE HIGH WIND GUSTS EARLY THIS EVENING. WE WILL EXTEND THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES 223-225-226 TO 7 PM THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS OVER THE HIGHER SUMMITS IN ZONES 219-220-221-222 BUT ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH DIMINISHING WINDS ALOFT. WE WILL EXTEND THE WIND ADVISORY FOR HIGHER SUMMITS IN ZONES 223-225-226 TO 7 PM THIS EVENING. ARCTIC COAST... THE WEAK SURFACE LOW NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT OUT TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS IN ZONES 203 AND 204 WILL REMAIN WESTERLY AT 10-15 KT OVERNIGHT AND GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST SUNDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND THE WIND FIELD BECOMES A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN ZONES 201-202. FLURRIES WILL PERSIST IN MOST AREAS. WEST COAST... 18Z SURFACE MAP SHOWING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN KIVALINA AND POINT HOPE...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT POINT HOPE AND OCCASIONALLY TO 55 MPH AT KIVALINA. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH OR MORE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ALONG THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE IN ZONE 217...WITH A RIBBON OF TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT HOLDING OVER THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. THE GRADIENT MAY RELAX A LITTLE SUNDAY. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN OTHER WEST COAST ZONES FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA NORTH...AND OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST. CURRENT MODEL RUNS ARE INDICATING GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS PERSISTING OVER THE WEST COAST AREAS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING VERY GRADUALLY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER CHUKOTKA WEAKENS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... NIL && .HYDROLOGY... NIL && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF APR 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 9:28 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Apr 7, 9:36 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Apr 8, 9:11 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 26 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.