Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Chill Warnings in 2009
Wind Chill Warning 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill warning at Feb 10, 2009, 8:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 4 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 10, 2009, 8:00 AM AKST (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2009, 12:15 PM AKST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK42 PAFG 101700 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 800 AM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 AKZ209-110100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0006.090210T1700Z-090211T0200Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 800 AM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. 15 MPH WINDS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 35 BELOW ARE PRODUCING WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 60 TO 65 BELOW IN KOTZEBUE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURING OR EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ207-110100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0030.090210T1700Z-090211T0200Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 800 AM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. 15 MPH WINDS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 25 BELOW ARE PRODUCING WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 50 TO 55 BELOW. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 TO 59 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IF OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ212-110100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0030.090210T1700Z-090211T0200Z/ EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS- INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK... SHAKTOOLIK 800 AM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON FOR UNALAKLEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. 15 MPH WINDS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 20 BELOW ARE PRODUCING WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 45 TO 50 BELOW NEAR UNALAKLEET. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 TO 59 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IF OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK42 PAFG 102115 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1215 PM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 AKZ209-102215- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090211T0200Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 1215 PM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW 15 MPH. $$ AKZ207-102215- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090211T0200Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 1215 PM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW 15 MPH. $$ AKZ213-110515- /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0011.090211T0300Z-090211T1500Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0004.090213T0300Z-090214T1200Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1215 PM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE BERING SEA LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND MAY BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. $$ AKZ212-110515- /X.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0004.090213T0300Z-090214T0300Z/ /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090211T0600Z/ EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS- INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK... SHAKTOOLIK 1215 PM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING FOR UNALAKLEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 15 BELOW ARE PRODUCING WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AROUND 45 BELOW NEAR UNALAKLEET. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 TO 59 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IF OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE BERING SEA LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND MAY BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. $$ AKZ211-110515- /X.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0004.090213T0300Z-090214T1200Z/ SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN 1215 PM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE BERING SEA LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND MAY BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. $$ AKZ214-110515- /X.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0004.090213T0300Z-090214T0300Z/ YUKON DELTA- INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK... PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA... PITKAS POINT 1215 PM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE BERING SEA LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND MAY BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. $$
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 10, 12:53 AM AKST, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 12:53 AM AKST, 7 hours 7 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1253 AM AKST TUE FEB 10 2009 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WILL CLEAR SKIES BEHIND THE TROUGH AND ALLOW THE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET. AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW EAST OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL SLOWLY DRIFT WELL NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST BY 60 HOURS AS NEXT DEEP LOW MOVES INTO THE BERING SEA. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST THIS WILL DEVELOP THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE AND THE MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE DOWNSLOPE FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF NORTHERN ALASKA WILL LIKELY REMAIN THROUGH SATURDAY. OLD OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE ONTO THE WEST COAST SOUTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA BY TUESDAY EVENING AND THEN TO THE SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM WILL BE THE APPROACHING NEW LOW IN THE BERING SEA ON THURSDAY. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE LOW WILL PUSH ONTO THE WEST COAST BY THURSDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. TEMPERATURES APPEAR AT THIS TIME TO REMAIN WELL COLD ENOUGH TO KEEP ALL PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WEST COAST FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA SOUTHWARD BEGINNING THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...WILL LIKELY WAIT THE NEXT MODEL RUN TO SEE IF CHANGES IN THINKING DEVELOP. IF CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS EXPECTED...BLIZZARD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE WEST COAST FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA SOUTHWARD BEGINNING THURSDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && CF FEB 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 9:23 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Feb 10, 8:00 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Feb 10, 12:15 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Feb 10, 12:15 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 18 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.