Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Jan 3, 2007, 11:11 AM AKST (20:11 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 3, 2007, 4:11 PM AKST

Expired

Jan 4, 2007, 4:52 AM AKST

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
WWAK41 PAFC 040111
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...THE LATEST STORM IS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN OVER THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST AND ADJACENT INLAND AREAS...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT.

AKZ121-040730-
/X.UPG.PAFC.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070104T0900Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0003.070104T0111Z-070104T0900Z/
WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER...
COOPER LANDING
411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT FOR AREAS
AROUND KACHEMAK BAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SOUTHWEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH NEAR KACHEMAK BAY IS CAUSING
VISIBILITIES TO FALL TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...WHEN
WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND VISIBILITIES WILL INCREASE.

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.

$$

AKZ131-040730-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BS.Y.0003.070104T0300Z-070104T0900Z/
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT
FOR THOMPSON PASS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. 

AS THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND THIS
EVENING...SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THOMPSON PASS WILL
CREATE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER
MILE AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE LATE
EVENING WITH IMPROVING VISIBILITY BY MIDNIGHT.

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

AKZ101-040600-
/X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/
ANCHORAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN...
EKLUTNA
411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. 

SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS LATER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

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 DRIVING.

$$

AKZ111-040600-
/X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/
MATANUSKA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON
411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. 

SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

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 DRIVING.

$$

AKZ145-040600-
/X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/
SUSITNA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL
411 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT IN THE SUSITNA VALLEY.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF
TALKEETNA WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES TOWARD CANTWELL. 

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 DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWAK41 PAFC 040545
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
845 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER THE MATANUSKA
VALLEY. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS ENDED, THOUGH
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MAY PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT.

AKZ101-111-145-040645-
/X.CAN.PAFC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T0600Z/
ANCHORAGE-MATANUSKA VALLEY-SUSITNA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN...
EKLUTNA...PALMER...WASILLA...SUTTON...CHICKALOON...TALKEETNA...
WILLOW...CANTWELL
845 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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


$$

AKZ131-040645-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BS.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070104T0900Z/
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
845 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. 

$$

AKZ121-040900-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070104T0900Z/
WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER...
COOPER LANDING
845 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. 

SOUTHWEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH NEAR KACHEMAK BAY IS CAUSING
VISIBILITIES TO FALL TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...WHEN
WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND VISIBILITIES WILL INCREASE.

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 
WWAK41 PAFC 040831
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1131 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER THE MATANUSKA
VALLEY. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS ENDED... THOUGH
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT.

AKZ121-041400-
/X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070104T1400Z/
WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER...
COOPER LANDING
1131 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST THURSDAY FOR AREAS
AROUND KACHEMAK BAY...

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

SOUTHWEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH NEAR KACHEMAK BAY IS CAUSING
VISIBILITIES TO FALL TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. WINDS
WILL WEAKEN AND VISIBILITIES WILL INCREASE EARLY IN THE 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.

$$

000 
WWAK41 PAFC 041352
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
452 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

AKZ121-041500-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070104T1400Z/
WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER...
COOPER LANDING
452 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

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