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Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 6, 2006

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard watch at Feb 6, 2006, 9:35 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 7, 2006, 9:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2006, 9:35 AM AKST (18:35 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 7, 2006, 9:00 PM AKST
Expired: Feb 7, 2006, 8:52 AM AKST
In force
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard watch 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 watch went out at Feb 6, 9:31 AM AKST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 9:31 AM AKST, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 4:16 AM AKST, 5 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 6, 8:30 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	25 hr
Feb 6, 8:30 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	14 hr
Feb 6, 9:09 AM AKST	Blizzard Watch	AFG	28 hr
Feb 6, 9:09 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	14 hr
Feb 6, 9:35 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	14 hr

Nearby

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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.