Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Chill Warnings in 2009
Wind Chill Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill warning at Feb 1, 2009, 1:14 PM AKST. It took effect at Feb 1, 2009, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 23 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
- Feb 1, 2009, 1:14 PM AKST (22:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2009, 3:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2009, 2:12 PM AKST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK41 PAFG 012214 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 114 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 AKZ201-020615- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0004.090202T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 114 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 65 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ AKZ202-020615- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0004.090202T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 114 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 65 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ203-020615- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0004.090202T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 114 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 65 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ AKZ204-020615- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0004.090202T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 114 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 65 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK41 PAFG 012217 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 117 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 AKZ201-021500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0004.090202T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 117 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 65 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ AKZ202-021500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0004.090202T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 117 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 65 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ203-021500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0004.090202T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 117 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 65 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ AKZ204-021500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0004.090202T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 117 PM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 65 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 021339 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 439 AM AKST MON FEB 2 2009 AKZ202-030100- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0021.090202T1339Z-090203T0300Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 439 AM AKST MON FEB 2 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 20 BELOW AND WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILL OF 50 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ203-030100- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0021.090202T1339Z-090203T0300Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 439 AM AKST MON FEB 2 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS TO 15 MPH AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 25 BELOW WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILL OF 50 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ204-021445- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090202T1800Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 439 AM AKST MON FEB 2 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. $$ AKZ201-030100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090203T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 439 AM AKST MON FEB 2 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS LOCALLY TO 15 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 35 BELOW WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 65 BELOW TODAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 022312 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 212 PM AKST MON FEB 2 2009 AKZ201-030715- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090203T0300Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0024.090202T2312Z-090204T2100Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 212 PM AKST MON FEB 2 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST WEDNESDAY WEST OF POINT LAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST OF POINT LAY...WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 50 BELOW ZERO WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. $$ AKZ202-203-030015- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090203T0300Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK...NUIQSUT... PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 212 PM AKST MON FEB 2 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN 10 MPH AND WIND CHILLS HAVE BECOME LESS SEVERE. AIR TEMPERATURES WITHOUT WIND CHILL REMAIN VERY COLD INTO TONIGHT HOWEVER. $$
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 Feb 1, 1:15 AM AKST, 11 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 1:15 AM AKST, 11 hours 59 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 115 AM AKST SUN FEB 1 2009 .DISCUSSION... QUIET WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MON AS COLD LOW PRESSURE ALOFT CONTINUES TO BE THE CONTROLLING FEATURE. THE UPPER LOW CURRENTLY IS CENTERED OVER KOTZEBUE SOUND AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR BY 00Z WED. THE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE COLD THROUGH TUE...850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM -20C TO NEAR -30C OVER THE FORECAST AREA. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE WITH THE CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT...BUT THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME CLEAR AREAS. TEMPERATURES IN THE CLEAR AREAS IN THE INTERIOR AND ARCTIC MAY BE AS COLD AS AS -45F. CURRENT GOES IR IMAGING INDICATES AREAS OF SUB -40F TEMPERATURES IN ZONES 203-204-206-218-219-220 WHERE THERE ARE AREAS OF CLEAR SKY. WINDS IN MARINE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY THROUGH MON. MINIMUM BRISK WINDS MAY OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF AREA 210 MON NIGHT AND TUE AS AN OCCLUDED FRONT BOWS EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING. UNCERTAINTY IN THE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST APPEARS TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE WITH DIVERGENT SOLUTIONS BETWEEN THE OPERATIONAL ECMWF/GFS MODELS. BOTH MODELS HOWEVER SUGGEST SOME MODERATIONS IN TEMPERATURES ALOFT OVER THE INTERIOR AND SOUTHERN WEST COAST LATER IN THE WEEK. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && RF FEB 09
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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.