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Blizzard Warning 10, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 19, 2007

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Jan 19, 2007, 8:20 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 19, 2007, 1:20 PM AKST. It was in force for 7 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: Jan 19, 2007, 8:20 AM AKST (17:20 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2007, 1:20 PM AKST
Expired: Jan 19, 2007, 8:03 PM AKST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 192220
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
120 PM AST FRI JAN 19 2007

AKZ195-200700-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0010.070119T2220Z-070120T0700Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
120 PM AST FRI JAN 19 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AST THIS EVENING. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS
IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AS GUSTS TAPER OFF AND SNOW SHOWERS
BECOME MORE SCATTERED AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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.

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 200106
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
406 PM AST FRI JAN 19 2007

AKZ195-200700-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070120T0700Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
406 PM AST FRI JAN 19 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AST THIS
EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AST THIS
EVENING. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS
IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AS GUSTS TAPER OFF AND SNOW SHOWERS
BECOME MORE SCATTERED AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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 200503
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
803 PM AST FRI JAN 19 2007

AKZ195-200615-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070120T0700Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
803 PM AST FRI JAN 19 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS.
HOWEVER SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT 
WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO 1 MILE AT TIMES.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 18, 11:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Jan 18, 11:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
Jan 18, 11:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 19, 1:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	10 hr
Jan 19, 1:50 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	9 hr
Jan 19, 11:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 19, 11:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Jan 19, 11:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
Jan 19, 11:47 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	11 hr
Jan 19, 2:54 PM AKST	Blizzard Watch	AFC	14 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2007 Every blizzard warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.