Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 92, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 4, 2007, 7:55 AM AKST. It was in force for 23 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
- Dec 4, 2007, 7:55 AM AKST (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2007, 7:24 AM AKST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 042155 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1255 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-051530- 1255 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 956 MB LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL DEEPEN TO 952 MB AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA TUE NIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTH TO BE LOCATED 80 NM WEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND THU AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-051530- NORTON SOUND- 1255 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$ PKZ210-051530- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1255 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...SW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ215-051530- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1255 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ220-051530- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1255 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ RL/DA DEC 07
2 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 051253 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 353 AM AST WED DEC 5 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-060400- 353 AM AST WED DEC 5 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 952 MB LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TO BE 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ON THURSDAY TO BE 988 MB OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. $$ PKZ200-060400- NORTON SOUND- 353 AM AST WED DEC 5 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT WITH FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT WITH FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ210-060400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 353 AM AST WED DEC 5 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 17 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...S WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ215-060400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 353 AM AST WED DEC 5 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-060400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 353 AM AST WED DEC 5 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...S WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ DJH/JK DEC 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 052124 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1224 PM AST WED DEC 5 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-061530- 1224 PM AST WED DEC 5 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 956 MB LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TO BE 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ON THURSDAY TO BE 986 MB OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. $$ PKZ200-061530- NORTON SOUND- 1224 PM AST WED DEC 5 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$ PKZ210-061530- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1224 PM AST WED DEC 5 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ215-061530- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1224 PM AST WED DEC 5 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-061530- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1224 PM AST WED DEC 5 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ RL/JD DEC 07
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Dec 3, 9:43 AM AKST, 22 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 9:43 AM AKST, 22 hours 12 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 243 PM AST MON DEC 3 2007 .DISCUSSION... SURGE OF COLD AIR WORKING WESTWARD...WITH LOCALLY STRONG VERY STRONG WINDS. UPPER LOW FORMING OVER THE SOUTHERN BEING SEA ATTM AND WILL HELP TO MORE THE COLD POOL WESTWARD AND LARGELY OUT OF THE CWA...WITH FAIRLY DRAMATIC WARMING OF THE AIRMASS OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR. DEEP STORM MOVING THROUGH THE BERING SEA BUT WILL HAVE LOST A LOT OF ITS PUNCH BY THE TIME THE FRONT REACHES THE NORTHER BERING SEA WED. VARIETY OF WIND RELATED ADVISORIES OUT IN MOST OF THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST ZONES. HIGH WING WARNINGS HAVE VERIFIED IN ZONES 221 AND 219. WILL END WIND ADVISORIES FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR ZONES. WIND CHILLS NOT COMING TO VERIFY TOO MANY SPOTS BUT WILL KEEP THESE OUT TIL MORNING. MODELS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT ON TRACKING DEEP SW BERING LOW TO ABOUT ST LAWRENCE ISLAND BY THU AFTERNOON. WITH LOW FILLING AND A FAIRLY FAR EAST TRACK...THE THREAT OF FLOODING LOOKS LOWER THAN YESTERDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH OF THE BERING STRAIT FRI THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF BRISK SWLY WINDS INTO EASTERN NORTON SOUND. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ223. BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ219. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ223-AKZ226. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ219-AKZ221. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ235. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && RT DEC 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 3:54 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 18 hr | |
| Dec 3, 5:01 PM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 17 hr | |
| Dec 3, 10:38 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 4, 12:38 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Dec 4, 12:13 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 8 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.