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High Wind Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 4, 2007

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 3:54 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFG18 hr
Dec 3, 5:01 PM AKSTBlowing Snow AdvisoryAFG17 hr
Dec 3, 10:38 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG24 hr
Dec 4, 12:38 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFG29 hr
Dec 4, 7:55 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG23 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.