Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Chill Warnings in 2007
Wind Chill Warning 10, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill warning at Dec 19, 2007, 12:09 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 19, 2007, 5:09 PM AKST. 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
- Dec 19, 2007, 12:09 PM AKST (21:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2007, 5:09 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2007, 4:25 AM AKST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK41 PAFG 200209 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 509 PM AST WED DEC 19 2007 AKZ203-201015- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0010.071220T0209Z-071220T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 509 PM AST WED DEC 19 2007 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 70 BELOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK41 PAFG 200219 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 519 PM AST WED DEC 19 2007 AKZ203-201400- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0010.000000T0000Z-071220T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 519 PM AST WED DEC 19 2007 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 70 BELOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 201325 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 425 AM AST THU DEC 20 2007 AKZ203-201430- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0010.000000T0000Z-071220T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 425 AM AST THU DEC 20 2007 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Dec 19, 9:41 AM AKST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 9:41 AM AKST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 241 PM AST WED DEC 19 2007 .DISCUSSION... A COLD UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WILL MOVE WESTWARD IN A WOBBLY TRAJECTORY TO THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA BY 12Z SUN. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR BY 00Z SAT...BRINGING IN SOME MOISTURE AND MILDER AIR ALOFT. CLOUDS SHOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE INTERIOR THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE MOISTURE AND MILDER AIR MOVES NORTHWARD. THE WESTERN INTERIOR WILL SEE LESS MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES...AS THIS AREA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE COLD UPPER LOW FOR A LONGER TIME. THE WEST COAST WILL REMAIN DRY AND MODERATELY COLD UNDER NORTHERLY FLOW. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES THURSDAY...CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. && RF DEC 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 9:53 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 19 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.