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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 23, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Nov 23, 2007, 12:09 AM AKST. It took effect at Nov 23, 2007, 5:09 AM AKST. It was in force for 47 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
Nov 23, 2007, 12:09 AM AKST (09:09 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 23, 2007, 5:09 AM AKST
Expired
Nov 25, 2007, 4:34 AM AKST
In force
47 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 231409
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
509 AM AST FRI NOV 23 2007

AKZ204-240000-
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0006.071123T1409Z-071124T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
509 AM AST FRI NOV 23 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. 

EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY.
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE A BIT TONIGHT. 

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

$$
RT NOV 07
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 232316
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
216 PM AST FRI NOV 23 2007

AKZ204-240700-
/X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071124T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
216 PM AST FRI NOV 23 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY...

EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE A BIT LATE TONIGHT.

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

$$
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 240647
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
947 PM AST FRI NOV 23 2007

AKZ204-241500-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071124T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
947 PM AST FRI NOV 23 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY. 

EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DECREASE SLOWLY SATURDAY. 

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

$$
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 241351
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
451 AM AST SAT NOV 24 2007

AKZ204-250000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071125T0100Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
451 AM AST SAT NOV 24 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH WILL TODAY AND SLOWLY DIMINISH
TONIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

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

$$
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 242304
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
204 PM AST SAT NOV 24 2007

AKZ204-251500-
/X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071125T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
204 PM AST SAT NOV 24 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY. 

EAST WINDS GUSTING 50 TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 35 TO 45 MPH SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE
THE WIND WILL KICK UP SOME BLOWING SNOW...THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT
NEW SNOWFALL MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL NOT BE REDUCED TO
BLIZZARD LEVELS. ALSO...THE MILD TEMPERATURES ARE PREVENTING WIND
CHILLS FROM DROPPING TO EXTREME LEVELS.

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

$$

ES NOV 07
000 
WWAK71 PAFG 251334
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
434 AM AST SUN NOV 25 2007

AKZ204-251445-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071125T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
434 AM AST SUN NOV 25 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

AS OF 4 AM SUNDAY THE WIND AT KAKTOVIK HAS DIMINISHED TO 35
MPH...AND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH A BIT MORE TODAY.

$$

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 Nov 22, 8:36 AM AKST, 15 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 8:36 AM AKST, 15 hours 33 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
136 PM AST THU NOV 22 2007

.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE LOW NEAR KODIAK ISLAND WITH CLASSIC STRUCTURE CONTINUES TO
DEEPEN WITH COLD AIR BEHIND THE LOW BEING ENTRAINED INTO THE
SYSTEM. LOW WILL BEGIN TO FILL EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL MOVE TO
NEAR GOLOVIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CONTINUED WARM AIR ADVECTION
WITH SYSTEM WILL BE PUMPED INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR. CONTINUED
DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL KEEP THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTION OF THE
STATE BASKING IN MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

AS LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD ON FRIDAY...THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE INTERIOR AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS
WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST AND ADVECT IN SOME LOWER LEVEL
MOISTURE INTO THE INTERIOR UNTIL THE NEXT BERING SEA LOW MOVES UP
AND TURNS THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS BACK TO THE SOUTH AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

WITH THE WARM AIR TONIGHT...FREEZING RAIN WILL BE A POSSIBILITY IN
THE WESTERN INTERIOR THIS EVENING UNTIL SOME COLDER AIR ALOFT CAN
BE ENTRAINED BACK INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR.

WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE THIS EVENING
AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH AND THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ALONG THE ARCTIC
COAST AND REGENERATES THE LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE OVER ALASKA THROUGH 240 HOURS. IF
THIS PLAYS OUT THEN TEMPERATURES FAR ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE STATE
WILL BE IN STORE.

STRONG SOUTH WINDS IN THE ALASKA RANGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 55 MPH WITH STRONG
SOUTHERLY FLOW.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

CF NOV 07

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 1:28 AM AKSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryAFG13 hr
Nov 23, 2:29 AM AKSTStorm WarningAFG20 hr
Nov 23, 4:59 AM AKSTBlizzard WarningAFG13 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.