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Blizzard Watches in Alaska, 2012

49 blizzard watches in 2012. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard watches reaches back to 2005.

Blizzard Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Blizzard Watches
49
Busiest month
January14 blizzard watches
Busiest day
January 9, 20122 blizzard watches

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Alaska Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 3:51 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Jan 5, 4:07 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Jan 5, 4:00 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Jan 8, 3:53 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Jan 8, 4:16 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC24 hr
Jan 11, 4:30 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Jan 12, 2:26 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG14 hr
Jan 18, 1:03 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG20 hr
Jan 21, 9:01 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC7 hr
Jan 26, 3:54 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Jan 27, 5:04 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC11 hr
Jan 30, 4:08 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC16 hr
Jan 31, 4:13 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Jan 31, 4:52 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC11 hr
Jan 31, 9:21 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC8 hr
Feb 2, 4:06 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Feb 2, 7:22 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC7 hr
Feb 7, 9:18 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC7 hr
Feb 10, 5:07 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC4 hr
Feb 11, 4:09 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC19 hr
Feb 13, 3:51 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Feb 14, 4:00 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Feb 14, 4:01 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Feb 22, 3:53 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Feb 24, 3:54 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Feb 24, 4:14 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Feb 27, 4:09 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC6 hr
Feb 28, 3:31 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Mar 4, 4:59 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC6 hr
Mar 7, 9:55 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC11 hr
Mar 10, 10:13 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG4 hr
Mar 11, 4:51 AM AKDTBlizzard WatchAFC15 hr
Mar 21, 11:23 AM AKDTBlizzard WatchAFC5 hr
Mar 21, 3:53 PM AKDTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Mar 22, 4:27 AM AKDTBlizzard WatchAFG11 hr
Mar 22, 3:55 PM AKDTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Mar 24, 3:53 PM AKDTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Apr 2, 4:58 AM AKDTBlizzard WatchAFC24 hr
Apr 7, 3:34 AM AKDTBlizzard WatchAFG8 hr
Nov 11, 3:56 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG25 hr
Nov 18, 4:55 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC5 hr
Dec 6, 4:15 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC34 hr
Dec 7, 5:19 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC11 hr
Dec 13, 3:14 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC14 hr
Dec 15, 1:27 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG14 hr
Dec 17, 4:59 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC11 hr
Dec 23, 5:13 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC11 hr
Dec 23, 9:02 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC8 hr
Dec 25, 3:51 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 9, 20122blizzard watches
  2. January 12, 20122blizzard watches
  3. January 27, 20122blizzard watches
  4. January 31, 20122blizzard watches
  5. February 14, 20122blizzard watches
  6. February 25, 20122blizzard watches
  7. March 21, 20122blizzard watches
  8. March 22, 20122blizzard watches
  9. December 7, 20122blizzard watches
  10. January 3, 20121blizzard watches
  11. January 5, 20121blizzard watches
  12. January 6, 20121blizzard watches

Nearby

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.