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Snow Advisory 10, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 18, 2006

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this snow advisory at Dec 18, 2006, 6:03 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 18, 2006, 11:03 AM AKST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 2006, 6:03 AM AKST (15:03 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 18, 2006, 11:03 AM AKST
Expired
Dec 18, 2006, 6:04 PM AKST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Dec 18, 12:00 AM AKST, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 12:00 AM AKST, 6 hours 3 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 18, 6:00 AM AKST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1100 AM AST MON DEC 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     SNOW             35 SE ANCHORAGE         60.82N 148.45W
12/18/2006  M2.0 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            2 NEW INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN GIRDWOOD.

1000 AM     SNOW             HOMER                   59.64N 151.52W
12/18/2006  M2.0 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW REPORTED ON THE KENAI BLUFF SINCE
            MIDNIGHT.

1000 AM     SNOW             KENAI                   60.55N 151.21W
12/18/2006  M3.0 INCH                           AK   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW REPORTED SINCE MIDNIGHT.

1000 AM     SNOW             1 S SOLDOTNA            60.47N 151.06W
12/18/2006  E0.5 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE HALF INCH OF NEW SNOW REPORTED SINCE MIDNIGHT.

1000 AM     SNOW             COPPER CENTER           61.98N 145.35W
12/18/2006  M5.0 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5 NEW INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 4AM THIS MORNING.

1000 AM     SNOW             10 NW WASILLA           61.68N 149.68W
12/18/2006  M1.0 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 NEW INCH OF SNOW REPORTED SINCE 2AM THIS MORNING.

1000 AM     SNOW             4 NNE GLENNALLEN        62.14N 145.56W
12/18/2006  M3.5 INCH                           AK   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            3.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 5AM THIS MORNING.

1000 AM     SNOW             5 SE ANCHORAGE          61.13N 149.08W
12/18/2006  M2.0 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TWO INCHES OF NEW SNOW REPORTED AT 800FT ON THE MID
            HILLSIDE SINCE 3AM.

1000 AM     SNOW             4 NE PALMER             61.64N 149.02W
12/18/2006  M1.0 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LIGHT SNOW FALLING AND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW ON THE GROUND
            REPORTED AT 350FT, 3.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PALMER ON THE
            FARM LOOP ROAD.

1000 AM     SNOW             3 ESE ANCHORAGE         61.16N 149.10W
12/18/2006  M1.8 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STEADY SNOW, VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN HALF A MILE AND
            1.75 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AT THE UPPER OMALLEY
            ENTRANCE TO CHUGACH STATE PARK SINCE 2AM THIS MORNING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 11:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC36 hr
Dec 17, 11:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
Dec 17, 11:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC24 hr
Dec 17, 11:00 PM AKSTStorm WarningAFC12 hr
Dec 17, 11:00 PM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC
Dec 17, 11:00 PM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC12 hr
Dec 18, 12:30 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC11 hr
Dec 18, 11:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC24 hr
Dec 18, 11:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC36 hr
Dec 18, 11:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC12 hr
Dec 18, 11:00 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC12 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.