Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2006
Blizzard Warning 18, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 8, 2006, 5:27 AM AKST. It took effect at Mar 8, 2006, 10:27 AM AKST. It was in force for 18 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
- Mar 8, 2006, 5:27 AM AKST (14:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2006, 10:27 AM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2006, 4:10 AM AKST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK42 PAFG 081927 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1027 AM AST WED MAR 8 2006 AKZ210-090330- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-060308T2100Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0018.060308T1927Z-060309T1400Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 1027 AM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE LOWEST CONDITIONS WILL BE NEAR THE KOTZEBUE SOUND COAST. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATE TONIGHT AS WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ207-090000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-060309T0000Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 1027 AM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... WEST WINDS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS DIMINISH A BIT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 BELOW OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ209-090000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-060309T0000Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 1027 AM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... WEST WINDS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS DIMINISH A BIT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 BELOW OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ213-090000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-060309T0000Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1027 AM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE BERING STRAIT... WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 BELOW OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ RT MAR 06
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK42 PAFG 082333 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 233 PM AST WED MAR 8 2006 AKZ213-090700- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-060309T0000Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.A.0011.060310T0300Z-060310T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 233 PM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ AKZ207-090045- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-060309T0000Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 233 PM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ AKZ210-090700- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060309T1400Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 233 PM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY. WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. ADDITIONALLY...WIND CHILLS IN SOME PLACES WILL BE AS LOW AS 50 BELOW. THE LOWEST CONDITIONS WILL BE NEAR THE KOTZEBUE SOUND COAST. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATE TONIGHT AS WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ209-090700- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-060309T0700Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 233 PM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AST THIS EVENING... WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH A BIT LATE THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 BELOW OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ RT/DJH MAR 06
000 WWAK42 PAFG 090547 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 847 PM AST WED MAR 8 2006 AKZ210-091400- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060309T1400Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 847 PM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY. WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. ADDITIONALLY...WIND CHILLS IN SOME PLACES WILL BE AS LOW AS 50 BELOW. THE LOWEST CONDITIONS WILL BE NEAR THE KOTZEBUE SOUND COAST. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATE TONIGHT AS WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ209-091400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-060309T1400Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 847 PM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 BELOW OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$ AKZ213-091400- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.A.0011.060310T0300Z-060310T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 847 PM AST WED MAR 8 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWAK42 PAFG 091310 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 410 AM AST THU MAR 9 2006 AKZ210-091415- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060309T1400Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 410 AM AST THU MAR 9 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN 30 MPH AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED TO ABOVE ONE MILE. $$ AKZ213-092115- /X.UPG.PAFG.BZ.A.0011.060310T0300Z-060310T2100Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0019.060310T0300Z-060311T1200Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 410 AM AST THU MAR 9 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM AST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL CREATE NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITIES AFTER 6 PM. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ209-092115- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-060310T0000Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 410 AM AST THU MAR 9 2006 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 BELOW OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning 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 blizzard warning went out at Mar 7, 10:45 PM AKST, 6 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 10:45 PM AKST, 6 hours 42 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 345 AM AST WED MAR 8 2006 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT...AS MODELS PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED THE 500 MB LOW THAT WAS OVER THE BERING SEA IS NOW SITUATED OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. WEAK RIDGING AHEAD OF THE LOW JUST EAST OF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA IS EXPECTED TO AMPLIFY AS SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN ASIA SLIDES EAST DIGGING THE LONG WAVE TROUGH SOUTHWARD. MODELS INDICATE SEEMINGLY HARMLESS CLOSED LOW WELL SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS TO GRADUALLY DEEPEN...BECOME AN OPEN WAVE AND BY FRI AFTERNOON IT WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE ALEUTIANS. SURFACE...994 MB LOW JUST EAST OF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL MEANDER SLOWLY EAST AND BE REJUVINATED BY DYNAMICS ALOFT. ANOTHER LOW WELL SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WILL TRACK NORTH INTO THE BERING SEA BY SAT MORNING AND DEEPEN TO AROUND 974 MB. THIS SYSTEM IS LOOKING LIKE A MAJOR WEATHER MAKER IN THE FORM OF A POSSIBLE BLIZZARD OVER MUCH OF THE WEST COAST STARTING AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CURRENT GULF OF ALASKA LOW WILL GRADUALLY FILL AND PUSH SOUTHWARD AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD. NORTH SLOPE...PERIODS OF LOW CLOUDS...FOG...AND LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH AREA. CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW WILL BE ON THE DECREASE THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. WEST COAST...RELATIVELY QUITE FOR NOW...STILL HAVE PERSISTENT WIND CHILL ISSUES IN BERING...SEWARD PENINSULA...KOTZEBUE SOUND...AND CHUKCHI SEA COAST. MODELS ARE ADVERTISING POSSIBLE BLIZZARD STARTING AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND OVER MUCH OF THE WEST COAST AS ARCTIC HIGH BUILDS INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR AND BERING SEA LOW DEVELOPS RESULTING IN TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT. INTERIOR...A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR...WITH BEST CHANCE OF SNOW OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR AS MOISTURE FROM GULF OF ALASKA LOW WRAPS AROUND. AREAS AROUND NORTHWAY WILL MOST LIKELY SEE LIGHT SNOW. DELTA JUNCTION IS SEEING SOME LIGHT SNOW NOW AND MAY SEE THE SNOW CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ213. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && JHD MAR 06
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 8, 3:25 AM AKST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
825 AM AST WED MAR 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 1 S TOK 63.29N 143.04W
03/08/2006 M7.5 INCH AK PUBLIC
TOK SPOTTER
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RTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2:39 AM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 19 hr | |
| Mar 8, 8:38 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Mar 8, 9:33 AM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 19 hr | |
| Mar 8, 10:24 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 4 days | |
| Mar 8, 11:09 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 59 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2006Every blizzard warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.