Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at Jun 29, 2007, 7:47 AM AKDT. It took effect at Jun 29, 2007, 12:47 PM AKDT. It was in force for 8 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 29, 2007, 7:47 AM AKDT (15:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2007, 12:47 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2007, 9:09 PM AKDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK63 PAFG 292047 RFWAFG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1247 PM ADT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-300600- /X.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0027.070629T2047Z-070630T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 1247 PM ADT FRI JUN 29 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...AS SURFACE HEATING CONTINUES TODAY THE THERMAL GRADIENT WILL SLIGHTLY INCREASE. THIS WILL INCREASE WINDS AND CREATE GUSTS TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. RH VALUES ARE CURRENTLY BELOW 30 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS IN THIS PARTICULAR ZONE. RH VALUES WILL RECOVER SOMEWHAT LATER TONIGHT ABOVE. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK63 PAFG 300509 RFWAFG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 909 PM ADT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-300615- /X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070630T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 909 PM ADT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ RT JUN 07
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 28, 9:51 PM AKDT, 9 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:51 PM AKDT, 9 hours 56 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 251 AM ADT FRI JUN 29 2007 .DISCUSSION... GOES IR LOOP IS SHOWING THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH IS CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER THE UPPER YUKON VALLEY. THIS HIGH PRESSURE SUPPRESSED CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR THURSDAY...WITH ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF STRIKES OCCURRING IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE DRY AIR UNDER THE HIGH AND MOIST AIR FARTHER TO THE WEST. FOR TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE NAM40 SURFACE CAPES AND LIFTED INDEXES ARE RUNNING MUCH HIGHER THAN THE GFS40. THIS MAY LIKELY TO BE THE HIGHER SURFACE DEW POINTS AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ON THE NAM40. THE NAM40 MOS IS ALSO INDICATING HIGHER SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR THAN THE GFS...BUT THE GFS IS TRENDING TO HIGHER DEW POINTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODELS RUNS ARE CHANGING THE PATTERN ALOFT FROM A CLOSED HIGH TO A RIDGE...WITH THE RIDGE AXIS DRIFTING NORTHWARD A BIT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE FLOW ALOFT OVER THE INTERIOR WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY...ALLOWING MOISTURE FROM NORTHWEST CANADA TO GRADUALLY INFILTRATE WESTWARD. THIS MOISTURE IS SHOWING UP WELL ON THE GOES IR AND WATER VAPOR LOOPS. A WEAK LOW ALOFT IS PROGGED TO MOVE WESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON ... LIKELY ENHANCING CONVECTION IN THAT AREA. AT THE SURFACE...A BROAD THERMAL TROUGH WITH THE AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHWAY AREA TO NEAR TANANA AND NORTHWESTWARD INTO ZONE 208 WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...STRENGTHENING A LITTLE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND THE SLIGHT NORTHWARD SHIFT OF THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS SHOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH THE MOST ACTIVITY BEING ALONG AND NEAR THE SURFACE TROUGH. OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND MUCH OF THE WEST COAST... SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING IN A BROAD NORTH-SOUTH BAND OF MOISTURE. THE TAIL OF A VORT CENTER LIES OVER MARINE ZONE 210...IT MAY MOVE A BIT MORE EAST BEFORE STALLING OUT AND DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN. EAST WINDS 15-25 MPH...AND LOW CLOUDS AND PERIODS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND...MEANING A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LIGHTNING STRIKES. && .HYDROLOGY... BOTH GFS AND NAM ARE SHOWING AN INCREASE IN PRECIPITABLE WATER...TO AN INCH OR MORE...OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS MEANS AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THUNDERSTORMS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF JUN 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:59 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jun 29, 8:59 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 13 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alaska, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.