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Blizzard Warning 36, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 29, 2007

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Dec 29, 2007, 11:07 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 29, 2007, 9:14 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 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 29, 2007, 11:07 AM AKST (20:07 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 29, 2007, 9:14 PM AKST
Expired
Dec 30, 2007, 9:17 PM AKST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 300107
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
407 PM AST SAT DEC 29 2007

A DEVELOPING STORM SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WILL
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AND WILL MOVE ALONG THE
SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CHAIN. WINDS GENERATED BY THIS STORM WILL
INCREASE TO 40 TO 60 MPH OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TONIGHT THEN
SPREAD ONTO THE ALASKA PENINSULA ON SUNDAY.

AKZ185-301430-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0020.071230T0900Z-071230T2300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0036.071230T1000Z-071230T2100Z/
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
407 PM AST SAT DEC 29 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 12 PM AST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 12 PM AST SUNDAY. THE
BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MIDNIGHT TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOW DEVELOPING LATER
THIS EVENING WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
MILE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON...NORTH
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 50 MPH REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING SNOW.

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.

$$

AKZ181-301430-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0021.071230T1600Z-071231T0300Z/
ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT
407 PM AST SAT DEC 29 2007

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW AND WIND FROM THE APPROACHING STORM WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW
CONDITIONS WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER
OF A MILE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

$$
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK42 PAFC 300614
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
914 PM AST SAT DEC 29 2007

A STRONG STORM WILL TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS
TONIGHT AND ALASKA PENINSULA SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP ALONG THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS THIS EVENING AND EXTEND TO THE
ALASKA PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL
GRADUALLY IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE
STORM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION.

AKZ181-301815-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0021.071230T1600Z-071231T0300Z/
/X.EXB.PAFC.BZ.W.0036.071230T1200Z-071231T1400Z/
ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT
914 PM AST SAT DEC 29 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM AST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM AST MONDAY.
THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55
MPH LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY
SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES BEGINNING 
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT STRONG
NORTH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES
AT TIMES.

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.

$$

AKZ185-301815-
/X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0036.071230T0614Z-071230T2100Z/
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
914 PM AST SAT DEC 29 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST SUNDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST SUNDAY. 

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
MILE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE 
TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW.

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 301416
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
516 AM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING JUST SOUTH OF THE ALASKA
PENINSULA IS BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA TODAY.

AKZ181-302145-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0036.000000T0000Z-071231T1400Z/
ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT
516 AM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY.

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH
WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WIND COUPLED WITH FALLING SNOW
IS COMBINING TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES
REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT...BUT STRONG
NORTH WINDS AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL
SLOWLY IMPROVE ON MONDAY.

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.

$$

AKZ185-302100-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0036.000000T0000Z-071230T2100Z/
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
516 AM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY.

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO LOCALLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING SNOW...BUT
SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE.

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 301909
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1009 AM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING JUST SOUTH OF THE ALASKA
PENINSULA IS BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA TODAY.

AKZ185-302015-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0036.000000T0000Z-071230T2100Z/
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
1009 AM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
TO THREE MILES OR LESS THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

AKZ181-310715-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0036.000000T0000Z-071231T1400Z/
ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT
1009 AM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL
PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WIND COUPLED WITH FALLING SNOW IS
COMBINING TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED
TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT...BUT STRONG NORTH WINDS AND
OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE
ON MONDAY.

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 310033
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
333 PM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING JUST SOUTH OF THE ALASKA
PENINSULA IS BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA THIS EVENING.

AKZ181-311400-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0036.000000T0000Z-071231T1400Z/
ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT
333 PM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY EAST OF 
COLD BAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY EAST OF
COLD BAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL
PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WIND COUPLED WITH FALLING SNOW IS
COMBINING TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED
TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES EAST OF COLD BAY. SNOWFALL WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT...BUT STRONG NORTH
WINDS AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES
TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY
IMPROVE ON MONDAY.

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 310617
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
917 PM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

AKZ181-310730-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0036.000000T0000Z-071231T1400Z/
ALASKA PENINSULA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLD BAY...SAND POINT
917 PM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 3 MILES 
AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW.

$$

AKZ161-311830-
/X.NEW.PAFC.SN.Y.0029.071231T0617Z-080101T0100Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...
PILOT POINT
917 PM AST SUN DEC 30 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST MONDAY NORTH AND EAST 
OF KING SALMON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST MONDAY. 

SNOW HAS DEVELOPED NORTH AND EAST OF KING SALMON THIS EVENING.
SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THIS ARE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN
DIMINISH BY MONDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO
16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM ILIAMNA
NORTHWARD.

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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 6:45 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC4 hr
Dec 28, 11:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Dec 28, 11:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC95 min
Dec 28, 11:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC12 hr
Dec 28, 11:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC7 hr
Dec 28, 11:00 PM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC36 hr
Dec 28, 11:00 PM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC3 days
Dec 29, 12:35 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC22 hr
Dec 29, 5:59 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC10 hr
Dec 29, 6:10 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC41 hr
Dec 29, 8:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC15 hr
Dec 29, 10:05 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC37 hr
Dec 29, 10:05 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC37 hr
Dec 29, 10:10 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC49 hr
Dec 29, 10:10 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC25 hr
Dec 29, 10:10 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC49 hr
Dec 29, 11:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC36 hr
Dec 29, 11:07 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC10 hr
Dec 29, 2:50 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC8 hr
Dec 29, 2:50 PM AKSTStorm WarningAFC8 hr

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.