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Wind Chill Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 28, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill warning at Feb 28, 2012, 4:21 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 32 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 28, 2012, 4:21 AM AKST (13:21 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 AM AKST
Expired: Feb 29, 2012, 2:03 PM AKST
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

068 
WWAK41 PAFG 281321
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
421 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

AKZ204-282100-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0012.120228T1500Z-120229T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
421 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 65 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST TO 15 MPH.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. WINDS DIMINISHING A
  LITTLE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES
  RESULTING IN FROSTBITE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.
IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

&&

$$

AKZ206-282100-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120228T2100Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
421 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY
IN PASSES...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST
TODAY. 

* LOCATION...IN PASSES.

* WIND CHILL...TO 55 BELOW.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH NOON TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER
HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

&&

$$

4 follow-up statements

615 
WWAK41 PAFG 281808
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
908 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

AKZ206-281915-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120228T2100Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
908 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

$$

AKZ204-290215-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
908 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST WEDNESDAY...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST
WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 65 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES 
  RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

&&

$$

027 
WWAK41 PAFG 290016
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
316 PM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

AKZ204-291500-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
316 PM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST
WEDNESDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST WEDNESDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 65 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES 
  RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

&&

$$

837 
WWAK41 PAFG 291314
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
414 AM AKST WED FEB 29 2012

AKZ203-010100-
/X.EXB.PAFG.WC.W.0012.120229T1500Z-120301T0300Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
414 AM AKST WED FEB 29 2012

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 75 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...40 BELOW TO 45 BELOW.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES 
  RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

&&

$$

AKZ204-010100-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120301T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
414 AM AKST WED FEB 29 2012

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 60 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES 
  RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

&&

$$

042 
WWAK41 PAFG 292303
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
203 PM AKST WED FEB 29 2012

AKZ203-204-010015-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120301T0300Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...
KUPARUK...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
203 PM AKST WED FEB 29 2012

...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 Feb 28, 12:05 AM AKST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 12:05 AM AKST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1205 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

.DISCUSSION...
WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE FORECAST AREA CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY
QUIET DOWN AS THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE NERN GULF OF AK CONTINUES
TO SLOWLY FILL. SOME LEFTOVER FLURRIES WILL HANG ON TODAY AND
TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE CNTRL AND ERN INTERIOR. LOCAL WIND CHILL
WILL LIKELY REMAIN AN ISSUE OVER THE NRN WEST COAST ZONES AND IN
BROOKS RANGE PASSES.

IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD...OPERATIONAL MODELS AND ENSEMBLE
MEANS IN GOOD AGREEMENT PROGGING ANOTHER MODERATE SURFACE SYSTEM
TO MOVE EWD ALONG THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN...TAKING UP RESIDENCE IN THE
NRN GULF OF AK BY FRI. WINDS LIKELY BEGINNING TO INCREASE AGAIN
OVER MOST AREAS SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE BEGINNING WED NIGHT AS
THE EWD MOVING LOW RETIGHTENS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. THIS SYSTEM
COULD ALSO BRING SOME SNOW INITIALLY TO THE PARTS OF THE WESTERN
INTERIOR...SNOW GRADUALLY WORKING ITS WAY EWD LATER IN THE THE
EXTENDED PERIOD. COLD AIRMASS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
LIKELY REMAINING OVER THE FORECAST AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ207-AKZ213-AKZ218.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

RF FEB 12

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 2:47 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		4 days
Feb 28, 2:58 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG		64 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.