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Heavy Snow Warning 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 4, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this heavy snow warning at Nov 4, 2007, 2:17 PM AKST. It took effect at Nov 4, 2007, 7:17 PM AKST. 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
Nov 4, 2007, 2:17 PM AKST (23:17 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 4, 2007, 7:17 PM AKST
Expired
Nov 5, 2007, 2:57 AM AKST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow 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 heavy snow warning went out at Nov 4, 8:18 AM AKST, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 8:18 AM AKST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
118 PM AST SUN NOV 4 2007

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...
WEAK UPPER RIDGING FROM NORTHWEST CANADA INTO THE ALASKA
WILL BREAK DOWN INTO LIGHT WIND FLOW MON...BUT REBUILD
BY TUE NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ALEUTIANS
AND SOUTHERN BERING. THE ACTIVE STORM TRACK WILL CONTINUE
TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS EASTWARD INTO THE GULF OF
ALASKA.

SURFACE...
SOUTHERLY GAP WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES WILL
DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY MORNING AS SUPPORTIVE UPPER
FLOW WEAKENS. 975 MB LOW OVER THE FAR WESTERN BERING
WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN AROUND AND WEAKEN IN THAT AREA.
SEVERAL WEAK LOWS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE AROUND IN THE
SOUTHERN BERING. DEVELOPING LOW AROUND 600 MILES SOUTH
OF ADAK WILL MOVE TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA BY TUE
AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN A GENERAL INCREASE IN WINDS
OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AREAS.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ215-PKZ230-PKZ235.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

RF NOV 07

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 4, 2:00 PM AKST, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 10:18 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG4 days
Nov 3, 10:48 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG36 hr
Nov 4, 9:27 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFG6 days

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Alaska, 2007Every heavy snow warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.