Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at Jun 10, 2007, 3:26 AM AKDT. It took effect at Jun 10, 2007, 10:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 10, 2007, 3:26 AM AKDT (11:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 10, 2007, 10:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2007, 9:16 PM AKDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK63 PAFG 101626 RFWAFG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 826 AM ADT SUN JUN 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-110030- /X.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0022.070610T1800Z-070611T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 826 AM ADT SUN JUN 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP WELL BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ MAR JUN 07
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK63 PAFG 102315 RFWAFG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 315 PM ADT SUN JUN 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT MONDAY FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-111645- /X.EXT.PAFG.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070612T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 315 PM ADT SUN JUN 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT MONDAY FOR STRONG WIND... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT MONDAY. DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN BELOW 30 PERCENT INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...AND HUMIDITIES INCREASE. BUT NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 30 PERCENT WILL OCCUR AGAIN MONDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWAK63 PAFG 111506 RFWAFG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 706 AM ADT MON JUN 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-112315- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070612T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 706 AM ADT MON JUN 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 30 PERCENT WILL OCCUR AGAIN TODAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS THEREFORE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWAK63 PAFG 111956 RFWAFG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1156 AM ADT MON JUN 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-120600- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070612T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 1156 AM ADT MON JUN 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 30 PERCENT WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING THEREFORE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...AFTER WHICH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RISE ABOVE 30 PERCENT AND WIND SPEEDS DROP BELOW 25 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWAK63 PAFG 120516 RFWAFG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 916 PM ADT MON JUN 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-120630- /X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070612T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 916 PM ADT MON JUN 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW CRITERIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER OVERNIGHT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jun 9, 8:26 PM AKDT, 7 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 8:26 PM AKDT, 7 hours before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 126 AM ADT SUN JUN 10 2007 .DISCUSSION... STRONG UPPER HIGH WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY ANCHORED OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN WITH ONLY MINOR MOVEMENT EXPECTED FROM DAY TO DAY. ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND BROOKS RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPRESS CLOUD COVER...BUT THE WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY IN BREAKING THROUGH THE MARINE LAYER. BARROW RAOB CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY STRONG INVERSION WITH THE ABOUT 30-35 MB ABOVE THE SURFACE. BRISK EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST...BETWEEN MODERATELY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR. WEAK UPPER LOW HAS MOVED WESTWARD INTO THE UPPER YUKON VALLEY...THIS FEATURE HAS BEEN REASONABLY WELL HANDLED BY THE MODELS. THE LOW WILL DRIFT SOUTHWEST TO THE ZONE 221/222 BORDER BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND DRIFT WESTWARD TO THE ZONE 216/221 BORDER AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE...A THERMAL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA TODAY...WITH THE AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHWAY AREA TO THE WESTERN ALASKA RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON. A SECONDARY TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE HUSLIA AREA NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS ZONE 208. THE SURFACE TROUGHS...ASSISTED BY WEAK DYNAMICS FROM THE LOW ALOFT... WILL PROVIDE FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN INTERIOR AREAS. THE GREATEST INSTABILITY AND MOST ACTIVE CONVECTION WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR. THE PATTERN WILL BE QUITE SIMILAR MONDAY. THE MAIN THERMAL TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT A BIT NORTHWARD... WITH THE AXIS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF NORTHWARD TO MCGRATH AND ANIAK. A SECONDARY TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER ZONES 217 AND 208. THE GREATEST INSTABILITY AND MOST ACTIVE CONVECTION WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR. CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...THERMAL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD...EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF DAWSON TO HUSLIA THEN SOUTHWEST TO THE YUKON DELTA. A SECONDARY TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE HUSLIA AREA NORTHWEST ACROSS ZONE 208. THE WEAK UPPER LOW WILL MOVE WESTWARD TO EASTERN NORTON SOUND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE INTERIOR AND OVER MOST INLAND AREAS OF THE WEST COAST...WITH GOOD INSTABILITY AND THE SURFACE TROUGHS PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... LOCALLY GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS MAY DEVELOP IN THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR TODAY...BETWEEN THE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND THE DEEPENING TROUGH SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. MINIMUM RH WILL LIKELY BE BELOW 30 PERCENT IN MOST OF THE INTERIOR TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MINIMUM RH WAS BELOW 30 PERCENT AT MOST REPORTING SITES IN THE INTERIOR YESTERDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240. && RF JUN 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.