Blizzard Warning 32, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Dec 24, 2007, 7:10 AM AKST (16:10 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 24, 2007, 12:10 PM AKST

Expired

Dec 25, 2007, 12:00 AM AKST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 242110
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1210 PM AST MON DEC 24 2007

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTH TO NEAR THE SOUTH
END OF KODIAK ISLAND TODAY...AND THEN INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF
ALASKA. WIND WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE STRONG ALONG THE ALEUTIAN
RANGE AND AROUND THE LOW.

AKZ161-250900-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0032.071224T2110Z-071225T0900Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
1210 PM AST MON DEC 24 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT 
NORTHEAST OF KING SALMON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. 

STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH COMBINED WITH
SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER
MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING MAINLY NORTHEAST OF KING SALMON AND ALONG THE ALEUTIAN
RANGE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR
ILIAMNA WINDS AND SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS THE LOW
MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF.

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 250902
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1202 AM AST TUE DEC 25 2007

AKZ161-251015-
/X.EXP.PAFC.BZ.W.0032.000000T0000Z-071225T0900Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
1202 AM AST TUE DEC 25 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

ALONG THE ALEUTIAN RANGE...NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO 15 TO 25 MPH
AND SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF...THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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