Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Chill Warnings in 2008
Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill warning at Jan 11, 2008, 5:44 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 11, 2008, 10:44 AM AKST. It was in force for 28 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
- Jan 11, 2008, 5:44 AM AKST (14:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2008, 10:44 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2008, 2:36 PM AKST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK43 PAFG 111944 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1044 AM AST FRI JAN 11 2008 AKZ218-120000- /X.UPG.PAFG.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080112T0300Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0002.080111T1944Z-080113T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 1044 AM AST FRI JAN 11 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IN AREAS NEAR ATIGUN PASS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 35 BELOW WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TO 70 BELOW THROUGH SATURDAY. ADDITIONALLY...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. IN CHANNELED AREAS ELSEWHERE...LOCAL NORTH WINDS TO 20 MPH WITH LOW TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TO 60 BELOW. 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK43 PAFG 112348 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 248 PM AST FRI JAN 11 2008 AKZ218-121500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080113T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 248 PM AST FRI JAN 11 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY FOR BROOKS RANGE PASSES... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY. IN AREAS NEAR ATIGUN PASS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 35 BELOW WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TO 70 BELOW TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. IN CHANNELED AREAS ELSEWHERE...LOCAL NORTH WINDS TO 20 MPH WITH LOW TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TO 60 BELOW TONIGHT. LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 60 BELOW WILL CONTINUE IN PASSES SATURDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
000 WWAK43 PAFG 121005 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 105 AM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 AKZ218-130000- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080113T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 105 AM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON FOR BROOKS RANGE PASSES... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. IN AREAS NEAR ATIGUN PASS AND CHANNELED AREAS ELSEWHERE...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 35 BELOW WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TO 65 BELOW TODAY. 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. $$
000 WWAK43 PAFG 121330 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 430 AM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 AKZ218-130000- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080113T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 430 AM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON FOR BROOKS RANGE PASSES... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. IN AREAS NEAR ATIGUN PASS AND CHANNELED AREAS ELSEWHERE...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 35 BELOW WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TO 65 BELOW TODAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ225-130000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0011.080112T1330Z-080113T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 430 AM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH PASSES WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 45 BELOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$ AKZ226-130000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0011.080112T1330Z-080113T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 430 AM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 25 BELOW TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 45 BELOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK43 PAFG 122336 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 236 PM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 AKZ218-130045- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080113T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 236 PM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. $$ AKZ225-131500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080114T0300Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 236 PM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY. WIND CHILL TO 45 BELOW WILL DEVELOP IN WINDY PASS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$ AKZ226-131500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080114T0300Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 236 PM AST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SUNDAY. WIND CHILL TO 45 BELOW WILL CONTINUE IN PASSES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
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 Jan 11, 12:18 AM AKST, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 12:18 AM AKST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 518 AM AST FRI JAN 11 2008 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR: TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH OVER NORTHERN ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY THEN A RIDGE WITH AXIS FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA TO INTERIOR ALASKA WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA ON SUNDAY AND BY TUESDAY LOW PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA. SURFACE: LOW PRESSURE NORTHEAST OF MACKENZIE BAY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY THEN MOVE EAST INTO CANADA. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. NORTH SLOPE: WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH OVER ZONES 203 AND 204 WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL WARNING CONDITIONS IN EXCESS OF 60 BELOW TODAY. AS LOW PRESSURE NORTHEAST OF MACKENZIE BAY WEAKENS AND MOVES NORTH...WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH TO BELOW 15 MPH BY THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL WARNING FOR 203 AND 204 IS SET TO GO THROUGH 6 PM...BUT MAY BE EXTENDED INTO THE EVENING. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING FOR ZONE 206. AN ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM FOR ZONE 205. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY COLD TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY THEN POSSIBLY RISE SOME TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW OVERTAKES NORTHERN ALASKA. WEST COAST: WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR 207...209 AND 213 WERE CANCELLED. ADVISORIES FOR 208 AND 217 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP OUT OF THE SOUTH OVER MARINE ZONE 210 ON SUNDAY AS BERING SEA LOW APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. BY MONDAY MORNING ALL OF THE WEST COAST WILL HAVE SOMEWHAT WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH BRISK EAST WINDS. INTERIOR: PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW OVER THE GULF AND HIGH OVER THE NORTH SLOPE SHOULD DIMINISH ENOUGH TO END A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR ZONE 208 BY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD THROUGH MONDAY THEN BEGIN TO WARM MONDAY NIGHT AS BERING SEA LOW APPROACHES. CHINOOK WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE ON MONDAY. SNOW AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ205-AKZ208-AKZ217-AKZ218. WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206. && DA JAN 08
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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.