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High Wind Warning 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 10, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Dec 10, 2007, 5:15 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 10, 2007, 10:15 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 10, 2007, 5:15 PM AKST (02:15 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 10, 2007, 10:15 PM AKST
Expired
Dec 11, 2007, 11:13 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 110715
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1015 PM AST MON DEC 10 2007

AKZ204-111515-
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0014.071211T0715Z-071211T1600Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
1015 PM AST MON DEC 10 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AST TUESDAY.

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING.

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 111326
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
426 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

AKZ204-112100-
/X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
426 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

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

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

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH
THIS AFTERNOON.

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

$$
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 112013
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1113 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

AKZ204-112115-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
1113 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED SOME BUT WILL REMAIN 40 TO 50 MPH
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

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 10, 10:01 AM AKST, 7 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 10:01 AM AKST, 7 hours 14 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
301 PM AST MON DEC 10 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS THROUGH 3PM TUE.
AFTER THAT PREFER THE GFS WHICH TAKES A DEEPER TROUGH ALOFT AND
SURFACE FRONT ACROSS NORTHEAST ALASKA.

A 981 MB LOW WEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE TO THE CHUKOTSK
PENINSULA AS A 994 MB LOW BY 3AM WED AND THEN WEAKEN. AN OCCLUDED
FRONT FROM THIS LOW TO THE YUKON DELTA WILL MOVE TO THE BERING
STRAIT BY 3AM TUE...TO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA TO PRUDHOE BAY TO
DELTA BY 3PM TUE...ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST BY 3AM WED AND THEN
DEVELOPING A 1001 MB LOW NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY BY 3PM WED.
STRONG WINDS ALONG THE WEST COAST NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE
SOUTH OF THE FRONT. EAST WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST WILL
INCREASE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

HEAVY SNOW NOW OCCURRING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH WED. HEAVY SNOW WARNING ALONG THE
NULATO HILLS WILL END TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTH AND THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THERE...WITH 2 DAY STORM TOTALS UP TO 8 INCHES IN
THE HILLS BUT MUCH LESS IN VALLEYS. SNOW WILL BE MORE OF A CHANCE
IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR AND ARCTIC WITH THIS.

AN OCCLUDED FRONT NOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA WILL MOVE IVE THE
SOUTHEAST INTERIOR BY 3AM TUE AND THEN DIMINISH. CHINOOK WINDS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT THEN DIMINISH AS THE FRONT MOVES
NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. STRONG EAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT
OVER THE NORMAL EAST DRAINAGE AREAS OF THE INTERIOR WILL DIMINISH
LATE TONIGHT AS WELL. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
EASTERN INTERIOR TUE AS THE CHINOOK ENDS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ223-AKZ225.

HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR AKZ212-AKZ215-AKZ216.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ220.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ245.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ235-PKZ240.
&&

DEC 07

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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.