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Wind Chill Warning 19, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill warning at Mar 26, 2012, 4:20 AM AKDT. It was in force for 3 days. 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 26, 2012, 4:20 AM AKDT (12:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 2:31 PM AKDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
807 WWAK41 PAFG 261220 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 420 AM AKDT MON MAR 26 2012 AKZ201-270000- /X.UPG.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0019.120326T1220Z-120327T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 420 AM AKDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...NEAR POINT HOPE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 65 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY 17 TO 22 BELOW. LOWS TONIGHT NEAR 30 BELOW. * TIMING...THE LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MODERATE SOME THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WILL DROP BACK TO NEAR 60 BELOW LATE 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. && $$
9 follow-up statements
691 WWAK41 PAFG 262225 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 225 PM AKDT MON MAR 26 2012 AKZ201-271400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 225 PM AKDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR POINT LAY SOUTH... * LOCATION...FROM POINT LAY SOUTH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 65 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT 26 TO 33 BELOW. HIGHS 16 TO 23 BELOW TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
791 WWAK41 PAFG 271146 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 346 AM AKDT TUE MAR 27 2012 AKZ201-280000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120328T1400Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 346 AM AKDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR POINT LAY SOUTH... * LOCATION...FROM POINT LAY SOUTH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 65 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY AROUND 25 BELOW. LOWS TONIGHT 28 TO 36 BELOW. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$
737 WWAK41 PAFG 271621 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 821 AM AKDT TUE MAR 27 2012 AKZ201-280800- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120329T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 821 AM AKDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR POINT LAY SOUTH... * LOCATION...FROM POINT LAY SOUTH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 65 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY AROUND 25 BELOW. LOWS TONIGHT 28 TO 36 BELOW. HIGHS WEDNESDAY 15 TO 25 BELOW. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
035 WWAK41 PAFG 280015 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 415 PM AKDT TUE MAR 27 2012 AKZ201-281400- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120329T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 415 PM AKDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY NEAR POINT LAY... * LOCATION...NEAR POINT LAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 70 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT NEAR 38 BELOW. HIGHS WEDNESDAY NEAR 20 BELOW. * TIMING...THE WIND CHILLS HAVE TEMPORARILY MODERATED TO 50 TO 55 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE CURRENTLY NOT AT WARNING LEVELS. AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS LATE THIS EVENING THE WIND CHILLS WILL ONCE AGAIN FALL TO WARNING LEVELS OF 60 BELOW OR LOWER. * 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. && $$
974 WWAK41 PAFG 281156 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 356 AM AKDT WED MAR 28 2012 AKZ201-290000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120329T1400Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 356 AM AKDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY NEAR POINT LAY... * LOCATION...NEAR POINT LAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 65 BELOW IN THE MORNING BECOMING 55 BELOW IN THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY NEAR 20 BELOW. * TIMING...THE WIND CHILLS HAVE TEMPORARILY MODERATED TO TO 50 TO 55 BELOW IN THE AFTERNOONS. AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS LATE THIS EVENING THE WIND CHILLS WILL ONCE AGAIN FALL TO WARNING LEVELS OF 60 BELOW. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
490 WWAK41 PAFG 282258 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 258 PM AKDT WED MAR 28 2012 AKZ201-290700- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120329T2000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 258 PM AKDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT THURSDAY NEAR POINT LAY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 60 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND 30 BELOW. * TIMING...COLDEST FROM MIDNIGHT TO 9 AM. * 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. && $$
161 WWAK41 PAFG 290407 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 807 PM AKDT WED MAR 28 2012 AKZ201-291400- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120329T2000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 807 PM AKDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT THURSDAY NEAR POINT LAY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 60 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...20 TO 30 BELOW. * TIMING...THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS FROM MIDNIGHT TO NOON THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
233 WWAK41 PAFG 291316 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 516 AM AKDT THU MAR 29 2012 AKZ201-300000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120330T1400Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 516 AM AKDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY NEAR POINT LAY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 60 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...20 TO 30 BELOW. * TIMING...THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS FROM WILL BE THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE...BUT THEN DECREASE AGAIN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL ONCE AGAIN. * 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. && $$
525 WWAK41 PAFG 292231 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 231 PM AKDT THU MAR 29 2012 AKZ201-301415- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120330T1400Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0020.120330T0000Z-120331T1400Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 231 PM AKDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY FROM POINT LAY SOUTH... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY. * LOCATION...POINT LAY SOUTH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 60 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS 20 TO 35 BELOW. HIGHS 15 TO 25 BELOW. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH 6 AM AKDT SAT. WIND CHILL WILL NOT BE AS SEVERE FRI AFTERNOON DUE TO WARMER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:02 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Mar 26, 6:21 AM AKDT | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 56 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:47 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 8 days |
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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.