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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK

September 11, 2007

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 11:00 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG35 hr
Sep 11, 11:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG10 hr
Sep 12, 12:40 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFG21 hr
Sep 12, 5:09 AM AKDTCoastal Flood WarningAFG59 hr
Sep 12, 8:55 AM AKDTGale WarningAFG14 hr
Sep 12, 8:55 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG62 hr
Sep 12, 8:58 AM AKDTGale WarningAFG25 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.