Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 35, NWS Anchorage, AK
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 29 hr | |
| Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 35 hr | |
| Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 59 hr | |
| Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Dec 26, 11:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 35 hr | |
| Dec 27, 10:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 5 days | |
| Dec 27, 10:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 27, 10:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 27, 11:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 27, 11:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 27, 11:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 3 days |
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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.