Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at Jun 12, 2007, 2:52 AM AKDT. It took effect at Jun 12, 2007, 11:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 11 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 12, 2007, 2:52 AM AKDT (10:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 12, 2007, 11:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2007, 9:41 PM AKDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK62 PAFG 121552 RFWWCZ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 752 AM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWESTERN INTERIOR... AKZ208-130000- /X.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0023.070612T1900Z-070613T0600Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- 752 AM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY...MAINLY NORTH OF KIANA IN THE NOATAK VALLEY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN 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. $$ AKZ217-130000- /X.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0023.070612T1900Z-070613T0600Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- 752 AM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION... NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY IN THE NOATAK VALLEY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN DROP WELL BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK62 PAFG 122115 RFWWCZ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 115 PM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWESTERN INTERIOR... AKZ208-130515- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070613T0600Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- 115 PM ADT TUE JUN 12 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 GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY...MAINLY NORTH OF KIANA IN THE NOATAK VALLEY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS EVENING AND RECOVER OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ AKZ217-130515- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070613T0600Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- 115 PM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION... NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE NOATAK VALLEY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS EVENING AND RECOVER OVERNIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWAK62 PAFG 122248 RFWWCZ RED FLAG WARNING...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 247 PM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWESTERN INTERIOR... AKZ208-130600- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070613T0600Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- 247 PM ADT TUE JUN 12 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 GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY...MAINLY NORTH OF KIANA IN THE NOATAK VALLEY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS EVENING AND RECOVER OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ AKZ217-130600- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070613T0600Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- 247 PM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION... NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE NOATAK VALLEY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS EVENING AND RECOVER OVERNIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWAK62 PAFG 130541 RFWWCZ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 941 PM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWESTERN INTERIOR... AKZ208-217-130645- /X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070613T0600Z/ LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- 941 PM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. CONDITIONS REMAIN WINDY IN THE NOATAK VALLEY WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 30 MPH...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE RECOVERING. $$
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 12, 12:34 AM AKDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:34 AM AKDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 534 AM ADT TUE JUN 12 2007 .DISCUSSION...A TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN DEFINES THE CIRCULATION OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. THE USUAL SUMMERTIME THERMAL TROUGH IS OVER THE INTERIOR AND HIGH PRESSURE WELL OFFSHORE THE ARCTIC COAST. HIGH PRESSURE AND COOL AIR OVER THE BERING SEA ARE FORECAST TO ADVANCE INLAND OVER THE WEST DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THIS PATTERN...BUT THE GFS DOES NOT HAVE THE DEFINITION OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE ARCTIC AS CLEARLY AS THE MESO ETA AND THE NAM MODELS...WHICH FORECAST CONTINUED BRISK EAST WINDS OVER THE ARCTIC FROM POINT HOPE UP TO CAPE HALKETT. THE WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN YUKON OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS. A WESTERLY FLOW IN FROM THE BERING SEA WILL COOL TEMPERATURES OVER THE WESTERN ZONES BUT NOT SO MUCH OVER THE INTERIOR. LATE THIS WEEK THE GFS MODEL FORECASTS A HIGH PRESSURE AREA ALOFT TO REBUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN YUKON AND SOUTHEAST INTERIOR. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND. THE AIRMASS OVER THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN INTERIOR IS UNSTABLE AND WILL LOSE SOME INSTABILITY IN THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE INFLOW OVER BERING SEA AIR PROGRESSES. AT THE SAME TIME...THE AIRMASS OVER THE YUKON FLATS WILL BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE TO CONVECTION BY THURSDAY. ON MONDAY THE ALASKA LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM RECORDED WELL OVER 1000 STRIKES. THESE WERE CLUSTERED IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR AND IN THE NORTHWEST FROM GALENA TO AMBLER. THE NORTHWESTERN THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH THE NIGHT AS SHOWN BY THE 1229 GMT POLAR IMAGERY. THE YUKON FLATS REMAINED NEARLY CLOUD FREE OVER THE PAST 30 HOURS PLUS. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF ALASKA NORTH OF THE CREST OF THE BROOKS RANGE UNDER CLOUDS. IT APPEARS THAT BARROW IS IN A SMALL CLEAR AREA WHICH WILL CLOUD OVER IN A FEW HOURS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE. && .FIRE WEATHER...QUIET...SHOWERY WITH LIGHT WINDS FOR NOW. WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER LIKELY IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR LATER THIS WEEK. && .HYDROLOGY...SHOWERS HAVE BROUGHT UP LOW RIVER LEVELS OVER THE PAST WEEK. AS RAINFALL DIMINISHES LATER THIS WEEK LOWER FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ235. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240. && TF JUN 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:24 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Jun 12, 9:25 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Jun 12, 9:25 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 48 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.