Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Chill Warnings in 2012
Wind Chill Warning 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill warning at Mar 10, 2012, 10:13 AM AKST. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 10, 2012, 10:13 AM AKST (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2012, 4:39 AM AKDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
092 WWAK41 PAFG 101913 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1013 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 AKZ203-110315- /X.UPG.PAFG.WC.Y.0039.120310T2100Z-120311T2100Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0016.120310T1913Z-120311T1400Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 1013 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 70 BELOW * TEMPERATURES...35 TO 40 BELOW BUT RISING OVERNIGHT * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING 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. && $$ AKZ204-110315- /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.A.0003.120311T0600Z-120312T0200Z/ /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0039.120310T2100Z-120311T0600Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 1013 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. FOR WIND CHILLS... * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 BELOW * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... * WINDS...WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH AFTER 9PM * VISIBILITY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * TIMING...STARTING AFTER 9AM AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. && $$ RT MAR 12
3 follow-up statements
172 WWAK41 PAFG 102306 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 206 PM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 AKZ204-110600- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120311T0600Z/ /X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0003.120311T0600Z-120312T0200Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0010.120311T0600Z-120312T0200Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 206 PM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKDT SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKDT SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH * VISIBILITY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...SVERY LOW VISIBLITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. * TIMING...STARTING AFTER 9PM AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ203-110600- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120311T1400Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 206 PM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 70 BELOW * TEMPERATURES...35 TO 40 BELOW BUT RISING OVERNIGHT * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ RT MAR 12
012 WWAK41 PAFG 110538 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 838 PM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 AKZ204-111500- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0010.120311T0600Z-120312T0200Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 838 PM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT SUNDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. * TIMING...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AS THE WIND INCREASES. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EASE BY SUNDAY EVENING AS THE STRONG WIND DIMINISHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ203-111400- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120311T1400Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 838 PM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...60 TO 65 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 BELOW...BUT SLOWLY RISING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THE WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS HARSH BY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MODERATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
279 WWAK41 PAFG 111239 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 439 AM AKDT SUN MAR 11 2012 AKZ203-120000- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120311T1400Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0025.120311T1239Z-120312T0000Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 439 AM AKDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WIND CHILL VALUES...50 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 BELOW...BUT SLOWLY RISING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * TIMING...VISIBILITY WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE IN THE AFTERNOON. 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. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ204-120000- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120312T0200Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 439 AM AKDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. * TIMING...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AS THE WIND INCREASES. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EASE BY SUNDAY EVENING AS THE STRONG WIND DIMINISHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$
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 Mar 10, 6:16 AM AKST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 6:16 AM AKST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 616 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 .DISCUSSION... INTERIOR... LIGHT SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO FLURRIES ACROSS THE INTERIOR THIS MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS WEAKENED AND ONLY AREAS OF STRATUS REMAIN OVER MOST OF THE INTERIOR. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE INTERIOR THIS WEEKEND. CLOUDS AND FLURRIES WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. WEST COAST...WINDS WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 15 MPH ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST IN ZONE 213 AND ZONE 207 WHERE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WERE EXTENDED TO SUNDAY MORNING AS WINDS AND TEMPS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE IN THESE AREAS. NORTH SLOPE...COLD TEMPERATURES REMAIN OVER THE NORTH SLOPE. HIGH PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE. A PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE WILL INCREASE THE WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 55 BELOW INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES HAVE BEE ISSUED FOR ZONES 203 AND 204. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY DURING THE MEDIUM RANGE. A DEEP MEAN UPPER TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE BEAUFORT SEA TO THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND AND INTO THE GULF OF AK MON NIGHT. THE LOW CENTER SLOWLY MIGRATES TO THE VCNTY OF THE BERING STRAIT BY FRI...BUT WITH MUCH OF NORTHERN AK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE COLD LOW ALOFT. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL...AND LIKELY WELL BELOW NORMAL ACROSS MUCH THE AREA WEST OF 155W. THE PATTERN CONTINUE TO LOOK MAINLY DRY FOR THE FORECAST AREA AS SYSTEMS GENERALLY MOVE ALONG OR NEAR THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN AND INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. WIND CHILL ISSUES LIKELY AT TIMES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WESTERN CAPES AND THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ207-AKZ213. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ245. && JK MAR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:32 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Mar 10, 5:55 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Mar 10, 10:13 AM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 4 hr | |
| Mar 10, 2:06 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 24 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.