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High Wind Warning 11, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 3, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Dec 3, 2007, 3:54 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 3, 2007, 8:54 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 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 3, 2007, 3:54 PM AKST (00:54 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 3, 2007, 8:54 PM AKST
Expired: Dec 4, 2007, 10:07 AM AKST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 040554
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
854 PM AST MON DEC 3 2007

AKZ204-041400-
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0011.071204T0554Z-071204T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
854 PM AST MON DEC 3 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST TUESDAY. 

EAST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH
TUESDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. 

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 041356
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
456 AM AST TUE DEC 4 2007

AKZ204-042100-
/X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071204T2100Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
456 AM AST TUE DEC 4 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. 

EAST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH
AFTER NOON TODAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 041907
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1007 AM AST TUE DEC 4 2007

AKZ204-042015-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071204T2100Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
1007 AM AST TUE DEC 4 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 Dec 3, 9:43 AM AKST, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 9:43 AM AKST, 6 hours 11 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	Lasted
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, 7:55 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	23 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.