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Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Anchorage, AK

November 25, 2006

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Nov 25, 2006, 11:26 AM AKST. It took effect at Nov 26, 2006, 1:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 23 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
Nov 25, 2006, 11:26 AM AKST (20:26 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2006, 1:00 AM AKST
Expired
Nov 26, 2006, 11:52 PM AKST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 260126
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
426 PM AST SAT NOV 25 2006

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA TONIGHT. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG FRONT TOWARD
SOUTHWEST ALASKA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AND RESULT IN VERY STRONG
WINDS AND SNOW FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA. CONDITIONS WILL
SLOWLY IMPROVE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND
AND WEAKENS.

AKZ155-261430-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0001.061126T0800Z-061127T0200Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.061126T1000Z-061127T0600Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
426 PM AST SAT NOV 25 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 PM AST SUNDAY ALONG 
THE COAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 PM AST SUNDAY. THE
BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA TONIGHT. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG FRONT TOWARD
SOUTHWEST ALASKA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AND RESULT IN VERY STRONG
WINDS AND SNOW FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA. CONDITIONS WILL
SLOWLY IMPROVE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND
AND WEAKENS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

$$

AKZ161-261430-
/X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0004.061126T1800Z-061127T1800Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
426 PM AST SAT NOV 25 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 9 AM AST
MONDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 9 AM AST
MONDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING WEST OF KING SALMON AND INTENSIFY
SUNDAY NIGHT. ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL MAKE IT TO THE WESTERN CAPES
TO CAUSE PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN ON SUNDAY.
THE REST OF THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALL SNOW. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 23 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM
ALONG THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE
ON MONDAY BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK42 PAFC 261436
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
536 AM AST SUN NOV 26 2006

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA TODAY. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT IS INCHING CLOSER
TO THE SOUTHWEST ALASKA COAST CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OVER
BRISTOL BAY AND THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY
IMPROVE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND AND WEAKENS.

AKZ161-270245-
/X.CAN.PAFC.SN.Y.0004.061126T1800Z-061127T1800Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0002.061126T1800Z-061127T1800Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
536 AM AST SUN NOV 26 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 AM AST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 AM AST MONDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

RAIN AND SNOW IS DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE WESTERN
CAPES AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA. TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE MID
20S INLAND TO THE UPPER 30S ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN JUST BELOW FREEZING FROM DILLINGHAM NORTH AND
WEST ALLOWING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW FROM
THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION IN
THIS AREA WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES. AREAS EAST OF
DILLINGHAM THAT REMAIN COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOWFALL WILL
RECEIVE MUCH LESS SNOW BUT STRONG WINDS FUNNELED THROUGH THE
ALEUTIAN RANGE WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER
MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN WHERE SHALLOW COLD AIR
REMAINS AT THE SURFACE BUT WARM AIR ADVECTS IN THE MID LEVELS.
THIS SCENARIO IS POSSIBLE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KING
SALMON TO DILLINGHAM. MORE SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.

$$

AKZ155-270245-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061127T0600Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
536 AM AST SUN NOV 26 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS
EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA TODAY. A STRONG FRONT IS INCHING CLOSER TO THE
SOUTHWEST ALASKA COAST THIS MORNING. VERY STRONG WINDS AND
CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM.
CONDITIONS ARE DETERIORATING THIS MORNING OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ALONG
THE COAST ARE ALREADY REACHING THE LOWER 30S WHICH MAY HELP
IMPROVE VISIBILITY DURING THE DAY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE STILL ANTICIPATED OVER PORTIONS OF THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA...ESPECIALLY INLAND WHERE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING AND WINDS ARE FUNNELED THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN.
CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE FRONT
MOVES INLAND AND WEAKENS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

$$
000 
WWAK42 PAFC 270113
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
413 PM AST SUN NOV 26 2006

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHWARD
TOWARD EASTERN RUSSIA. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND OVER THE
SOUTHWEST ALASKA COAST THIS EVENING CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
OVER BRISTOL BAY AND THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY
IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE FRONT WEAKENS.

AKZ155-270600-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061127T0600Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
413 PM AST SUN NOV 26 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS
EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING.

A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND ALONG THE SOUTHWEST ALASKA COAST
THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG WINDS AND CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE HAS ALREADY
SPREAD OVER THE DELTA AND WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS THE
FRONT MOVES INLAND AND WEAKENS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

$$

AKZ161-271315-
/X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-061127T1800Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
413 PM AST SUN NOV 26 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST
MONDAY. 

A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS BRINGING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE BRISTOL
BAY AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN JUST BELOW FREEZING FROM
DILLINGHAM NORTH AND WEST ALLOWING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO FALL IN
THE FORM OF SNOW FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATION IN THIS AREA WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES.
AREAS EAST OF DILLINGHAM THAT REMAIN COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
SNOWFALL WILL RECEIVE MUCH LESS SNOW BUT STRONG WINDS FUNNELED
THROUGH THE ALEUTIAN RANGE WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. MORE SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.

$$
000 
WWAK42 PAFC 270605
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
905 PM AST SUN NOV 26 2006

A STRONG FRONT IS MOVING INLAND ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALASKA VERY
SLOWLY BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW AND WIND TO THE REGION. CONDITIONS 
WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY FROM WEST TO EAST AS 
THE FRONT WEAKENS.

AKZ155-271400-
/X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061127T1400Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
905 PM AST SUN NOV 26 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY. 

A STRONG FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH INLAND ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA. WINDS AND SNOW HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH ALONG THE COAST.
HOWEVER STRONG WINDS AND SNOW CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS INLAND. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO SLOWLY IMPROVE FROM WEST
TO EAST OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS AND SNOW TAPERING OFF BY EARLY MORNING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

$$

AKZ161-271800-
/X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-061127T1800Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
905 PM AST SUN NOV 26 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST
MONDAY. 

A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS BRINGING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE
BRISTOL BAY AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN JUST BELOW FREEZING
FROM DILLINGHAM NORTH AND WEST ALLOWING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO
FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION IN THIS AREA WILL RANGE FROM
8 TO 16 INCHES. AREAS EAST OF DILLINGHAM THAT REMAIN COLD ENOUGH
TO SUPPORT SNOWFALL WILL RECEIVE MUCH LESS SNOW BUT STRONG WINDS
FUNNELED THROUGH THE ALEUTIAN RANGE WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. MORE SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.

$$
000 
WWAK42 PAFC 271352
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
452 AM AST MON NOV 27 2006

A STRONG FRONT MOVED INLAND OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST
BRINGING RAIN...SNOW...AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES
ARE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND WINDS
HAVE SUBSIDED BRINGING AND END TO THE THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.


AKZ155-271500-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061127T1400Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
452 AM AST MON NOV 27 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

$$

AKZ161-271500-
/X.CAN.PAFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-061127T1800Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
452 AM AST MON NOV 27 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE STILL POSSIBLE TODAY AS A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED AS WELL AS THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN.
GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS MORNING AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS NORTH OF A LINE FROM
DILLINGHAM TO ILIAMNA. UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THIS
AREA TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF THEN MORE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE
TONIGHT NORTH OF DILLINGHAM.


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 11:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC3 days
Nov 24, 11:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Nov 24, 11:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC4 days
Nov 24, 11:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC48 hr
Nov 24, 11:00 PM AKSTStorm WarningAFC12 hr
Nov 24, 11:00 PM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC
Nov 25, 12:25 AM AKSTSnow AdvisoryAFC29 hr
Nov 25, 11:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC12 hr
Nov 25, 11:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC24 hr
Nov 25, 11:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 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.