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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Sep 11, 2007, 10:46 PM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 12, 2007, 3:46 AM AKDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2007, 10:46 PM AKDT (06:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2007, 3:46 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2007, 9:31 PM AKDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 121146 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 346 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 AKZ225-121900- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070913T0900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 346 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM ADT THURSDAY THROUGH PASSES... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM ADT THURSDAY THROUGH PASSES. SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 70 MPH THROUGH PASSES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. WINDS IN MOST AREAS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY IN HEALY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ226-121900- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070913T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 346 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM ADT THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM ADT THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ223-121900- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.070912T1146Z-070913T0200Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 346 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON NEAR DELTA JUNCTION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST AS STRONG AS 60 MPH NEAR DELTA JUNCTION TODAY. WINDS ELSEWHERE WILL BE 30 MPH OR LESS. $$ RT SEP 07
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 121148 CCA NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 347 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 CORRECTED ZONE 226 AKZ225-121915- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070913T0900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 347 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM ADT THURSDAY THROUGH PASSES... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM ADT THURSDAY THROUGH PASSES. SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 70 MPH THROUGH PASSES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. WINDS IN MOST AREAS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY IN HEALY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ226-121915- /X.COR.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070913T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 347 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 CORRECTED HEADLINES ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM ADT THURSDAY THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM ADT THURSDAY THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ223-121915- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.070912T1147Z-070913T0200Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 347 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON NEAR DELTA JUNCTION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST AS STRONG AS 60 MPH NEAR DELTA JUNCTION TODAY. WINDS ELSEWHERE WILL BE 30 MPH OR LESS. $$ RT SEP 07
000 WWAK73 PAFG 121836 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1036 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 CORRECTED ZONE 226 AKZ225-121945- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070913T0900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1036 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ AKZ226-130000- /X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070913T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1036 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ223-130000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070913T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 1036 AM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON NEAR DELTA JUNCTION... THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH NEAR DELTA JUNCTION ARE STILL POSSIBLE TODAY. WINDS ELSEWHERE WILL BE 20 MPH OR LESS. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 122305 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 305 PM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 AKZ226-130600- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070913T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 305 PM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ AKZ223-130600- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070913T0600Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 305 PM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING NEAR DELTA JUNCTION... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH NEAR DELTA JUNCTION ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. WINDS ELSEWHERE WILL BE 20 MPH OR LESS. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 130531 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 931 PM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 AKZ226-130645- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070913T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 931 PM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG WINDS THROUGH PASSES ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE AND THIS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. $$ AKZ223-130645- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070913T0600Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 931 PM ADT WED SEP 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH HAVE ENDED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Sep 11, 9:29 AM AKDT, 13 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 9:29 AM AKDT, 13 hours 17 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 229 PM ADT TUE SEP 11 2007 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR: A 519 DM LOW OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTH. BY THU EVENING THE LOW WILL BE 528 DM OVER EASTERN RUSSIA. A RIDGE WITH AXIS EXTENDING NORTH FROM THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA TO NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE EASTWARD AS SHORTWAVES ROTATE EASTWARD AROUND THE LOW. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON LOW PRESSURE WILL BE DEEPENING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. SURFACE: A 975 MB LOW OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL ROTATE NORTHWARD OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THURSDAY MORNING THEN WEAKEN TO 991 MB AS IT MOVES NORTH OF RUSSIA THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER LOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DIRECTLY UNDER UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA ON SATURDAY. NORTH SLOPE: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE OVER THE BERING SEA COMBINED WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC OCEAN. THIS WILL MEAN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE MARINE AREAS. SHOWERS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PROGRESSES EASTWARD. WEST COAST: STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST THROUGH THURSDAY AS BERING SEA LOW SLOWLY WEAKENS AND MOVES NORTH. WATER ON THE NOME-COUNCIL ROAD BETWEEN MILE MARKER 23 AND 24 HAS MADE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THE ROAD WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING AS WAVES CUT A DITCH THROUGH THE ROAD. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORT SAFETY TO SOLOMON UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE KIVALINA AREA WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE EROSION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. INTERIOR: SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE BERING SEA WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...THEN THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN INTERIOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF A BERING SEA LOW...CHINOOK WINDS OVER THE ALASKA RANGE WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH ON FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH TO OVER EASTERN RUSSIA AND WEAKENS. THE KIVALINA AREA WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE EROSION DUE TO SOUTH WINDS OVER THE WATERS FROM WALES TO CAPE LISBURNE. MODELS SHOW ANOTHER LOW INTENSIFYING OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL BERING SEA ON SAT. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE ANY COASTAL HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL BE BEYOND THE DAY 4 TIME FRAME. && .FIRE WEATHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE. THIS DROP COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL QUICKLY RECOVER TO ABOVE 30 PERCENT WEDNESDAY EVENING. && .HYDROLOGY...NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AKZ226. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. && SEP 07 DA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 11:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Sep 11, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Sep 12, 12:40 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Sep 12, 5:09 AM AKDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AFG | 59 hr | |
| Sep 12, 8:55 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Sep 12, 8:55 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 62 hr | |
| Sep 12, 8:58 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 25 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.