Alert archive / Alaska / Winter Weather Advisories in 2012
Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 26, 2012, 1:34 PM AKST. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2012, 1:34 PM AKST (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 11:01 AM AKST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
273 WWAK43 PAFG 262234 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 134 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 AKZ218-270645- /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.120227T0300Z-120228T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 134 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM AKST MONDAY IN PASSES.... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM AKST MONDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING 30 MPH. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TO 55 BELOW. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND BECOMING STRONG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME VERY COLD THIS EVENING. ALL THESE CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ221-270645- /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.120226T2234Z-120228T0000Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 134 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST MONDAY WEST OF THE PARKS HIGHWAY...... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST MONDAY. * LOCATION...WEST OF THE PARKS HIGHWAY... * SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
6 follow-up statements
048 WWAK43 PAFG 270355 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 655 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 AKZ218-271500- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120228T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 655 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST MONDAY IN PASSES... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST MONDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING 30 MPH. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TO 55 BELOW. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND BECOMING STRONG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME VERY COLD THIS EVENING. ALL THESE CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ221-271500- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120228T0000Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 655 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST MONDAY WEST OF THE PARKS HIGHWAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST MONDAY. * LOCATION...WEST OF THE PARKS HIGHWAY... * SNOW...3 TO 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
151 WWAK43 PAFG 271446 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 546 AM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 AKZ221-271600- /X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120228T0000Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 546 AM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ AKZ218-280100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120228T1500Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 546 AM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TO 55 BELOW. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
109 WWAK43 PAFG 272327 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 227 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 AKZ218-280600- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120228T1500Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 227 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TO 55 BELOW. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
921 WWAK43 PAFG 280402 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 702 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 AKZ218-281500- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120228T1500Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 702 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TO 55 BELOW. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
571 WWAK43 PAFG 281322 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 422 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012 AKZ218-282100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120228T2100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 422 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. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TO 55 BELOW. * 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. && $$
189 WWAK43 PAFG 282001 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1101 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012 AKZ218-282115- /X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120228T2100Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 1101 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Feb 26, 3:16 AM AKST, 10 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:16 AM AKST, 10 hours 18 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 316 AM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FRONTAL CLOUD SHIELD IS NOW PUSHING ACROSS THE NORTHERN WEST COAST AND INTO THE INTERIOR. OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...POSTFRONTAL WRAPAROUND SNOWFALL CONTINUING TODAY...TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. SNOW DEVELOPING IN AKZ219-AKZ220- AKZ221-AKZ222-NRN AKZ224 TODAY...AND IN AKZ225-AKZ226 TONIGHT. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS IN AK RANGE PASSES TODAY THROUGH MON. TEMPERATURES OVER THE FORECAST AREA WILL BECOME NOTICEABLY COLDER BY MON NIGHT AS A COLD UPPER TROUGH EXPANDS SWD ACROSS NRN AK. 850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL INTO THE -20S CELSIUS OVER MOST AREAS. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE INTERIOR TUE MORNING THROUGH FRI MORNING WILL BE IN THE -20S OVER MANY AREAS...A FEW SPOTS FALLING INTO THE -30S. COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ARCTIC REGION AND THE WEST COAST. AFTER THE CURRENT STORM SPINS DOWN... WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD BE RELATIVELY QUIESCENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...LIGHT SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER PARTS OF THE SRN AND ERN INTERIOR. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ227. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-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 25, 3:03 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 8 days | |
| Feb 25, 3:03 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Feb 26, 1:52 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 7 hr | |
| Feb 26, 1:52 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 43 hr | |
| Feb 26, 2:16 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 37 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.