Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Dec 4, 2007, 12:13 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 4, 2007, 5:13 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 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, 12:13 PM AKST (21:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 4, 2007, 5:13 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2007, 8:34 PM AKST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 050213 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 513 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 AKZ219>221-050315- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-071205T0300Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...NENANA... ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO...MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART... LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 513 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ226-050315- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-071205T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 513 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ223-050800- /X.UPG.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-071205T0900Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0012.071205T0213Z-071205T0800Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 513 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AST THIS EVENING FOR AREAS EAST OF BIRCH LAKE ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AST THIS EVENING... FOR AREAS EAST OF BIRCH LAKE. THE WIND ADVISORY IS LONGER IN EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE EAST OF BIRCH LAKE THROUGH 11 PM AST THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 11 PM. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ225-050800- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-071205T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 513 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY IN PASSES... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY EAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 050225 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 525 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 AKZ223-050800- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071205T0800Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 525 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AST THIS EVENING FOR AREAS EAST OF BIRCH LAKE... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AST THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE EAST OF BIRCH LAKE THROUGH 11 PM AST THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 11 PM. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ225-051030- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-071205T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 525 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY IN PASSES... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY EAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 050534 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 834 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 AKZ223-051400- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071205T0800Z/ /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-071205T1400Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 834 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS EAST OF BIRCH LAKE... ... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AREAS EAST OF BIRCH LAKE HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM WEDNESDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 AM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 55 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF $$ AKZ225-051400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-071205T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 834 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY IN PASSES... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY EAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
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 4, 8:28 AM AKST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 8:28 AM AKST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 128 PM AST TUE DEC 4 2007 .DISCUSSION... STRONG WINDS OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND THE HILLS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS HIGH NORTH OF ARCTIC SHORE WEAKENS AND LOW PRESSURE NEAR KODIAK ISLAND AND ALSO LOW IN BERING SEA DISSIPATES. THIS WILL ONLY BE A 24 HOUR REST BEFORE STRONG LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WED MORNING...THEN NORTH TO 80 NM WEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND ON THU AFTERNOON. NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WHICH WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO WESTERN ALASKA. CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...WINDS DIMINISHING RAPIDLY WITH WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT. THE ONLY WIND CHILL ADVISORY STILL ACTIVE IS IN ZONE 223 AND WILL END THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE PASSES IN ZONE 225 AND THE WESTERN PART OF ZONE 226 TONIGHT TO ADVISORY LEVEL. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO WED IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR. ARCTIC COAST...WINDS DIMINISHING RAPIDLY WITH BLOWING SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE IS WEAKENING NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST. THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN BERING SEA THU AFTERNOON WILL RETURN STRONG WINDS TO THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST THU SPREADING EAST TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC BY FRI. WESTERN ALASKA...STRONG LOW MOVING INTO BERING SEA ON WED AND THU WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ZONES 211 THROUGH 214 WED AND WED NIGHT...AND SPREADING EAST WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ZONES 215 THROUGH 217 WED AFTERNOON INTO THU. ZONES 207-210 WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...FRIDAY THE BERING LOW FILLS AND MOVES INTO THE BERING STRAIGHT...BUT STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHWEST ALASKA. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ216-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ223-AKZ225- AKZ226. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ223. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216- AKZ217. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. && RL 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, 7:55 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 23 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.