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Blizzard Warning 35, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 27, 2007

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Dec 27, 2007, 10:45 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 27, 2007, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 6 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
Dec 27, 2007, 10:45 AM AKST (19:45 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2007, 4:00 PM AKST
Expired
Dec 27, 2007, 10:00 PM AKST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 280045
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
345 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007


AKZ187-280700-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0035.071228T0100Z-071228T0700Z/
CENTRAL ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK
345 PM AST THU DEC 27 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. 

WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE THIS EVENING.

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWAK42 PAFC 280656
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
956 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007


AKZ187-280800-
/X.EXP.PAFC.BZ.W.0035.000000T0000Z-071228T0700Z/
CENTRAL ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATKA AND ADAK
956 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM AST THIS EVENING...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM AST THIS EVENING. 

WINDS ARE DECREASING AND ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN
OVER THE CHAIN. VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED TO LESS
THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES IN THE SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC29 hr
Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC35 hr
Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC11 hr
Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC60 hr
Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC59 hr
Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKSTStorm WarningAFC11 hr
Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC35 hr
Dec 27, 10:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC5 days
Dec 27, 10:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC24 hr
Dec 27, 10:00 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC24 hr
Dec 27, 11:00 AM AKSTStorm WarningAFC12 hr
Dec 27, 11:00 AM AKSTStorm WarningAFC12 hr
Dec 27, 11:00 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC3 days

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.