Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Feb 3, 2007, 7:53 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 3, 2007, 12:53 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
- Feb 3, 2007, 7:53 AM AKST (16:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2007, 12:53 PM AKST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2007, 8:42 PM AKST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 032153 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1253 PM AST SAT FEB 3 2007 AKZ208-040600- /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0001.070203T2153Z-070204T0600Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE 1253 PM AST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. LOCAL SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK72 PAFG 040542 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 842 PM AST SAT FEB 3 2007 AKZ208-040645- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T0600Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE 842 PM AST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 3, 12:22 AM AKST, 7 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 12:22 AM AKST, 7 hours 31 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 522 AM AST SAT FEB 3 2007 .DISCUSSION... AN OCCLUDED FRONT FROM BARROW TO NORTHWAY WILL MOVE TO PRUDHOE BAY TO EAGLE BY 4PM SAT AND THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN. THERE WILL BE SCATTERED FLURRIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONT. WARM AIR ALOFT WITH THE FRONT WILL COOL AS THE FRONT WEAKENS. A 977 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND AS A 996 MB LOW BY SUN AM AND THEN CONTINUE NORTH. A COLD FRONT STRETCHING EAST FROM THIS LOW TO THE YUKON DELTA WILL MOVE TO POINT HOPE TO ANVIK BY 3PM SAT...AND TO WAINWRIGHT TO MCGRATH BY 3PM SAT. SOUTHEAST WINDS 35-45KT WILL SPREAD NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST TODAY ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND DECREASE SLOWLY SOUTH OF THE FRONT. WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT WITH THE FRONT...DIMINISHING TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS SOUTH OF THE FRONT. WILL ONLY SEE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS NORTH OF THE BERING STRAIT WITH THE FRONT THAT WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES AS IT MOVES INLAND AND WEAKENS TONIGHT. A SECOND DEEPER LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA TODAY. A WEATHER FRONT WITH THIS WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA SUN PM. THIS WILL CAUSE EAST WINDS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WEST COAST SUN. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY MON WILL CAUSE EAST WINDS AND COLD ADVECTION TO DEVELOP IN THE INTERIOR. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && JB FEB 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 10:42 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 2, 10:42 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 2, 10:48 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 2, 10:48 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 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.