Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 6, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Jan 14, 2007, 4:11 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 14, 2007, 9:11 AM AKST. It was in force for 13 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
- Jan 14, 2007, 4:11 AM AKST (13:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2007, 9:11 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2007, 9:49 PM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK41 PAFC 141811 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 911 AM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF SEWARD THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TRACK INLAND ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN TONIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW FROM PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. AKZ125-150100- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0006.070114T1811Z-070115T0100Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 911 AM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WHITTIER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN WHITTIER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG WEST WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. 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. $$ AKZ141-150615- /X.NEW.PAFC.SN.Y.0005.070114T1811Z-070115T1800Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 911 AM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST MONDAY. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS MOST OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AKZ131-150100- /X.CON.PAFC.BS.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070115T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 911 AM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTH TO EAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING RESULTING IN IMPROVING VISIBILITIES. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK41 PAFC 142209 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 109 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF SEWARD THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TRACK INLAND ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN TONIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW FROM PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. AKZ125-150100- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070115T0100Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 109 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH TO WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAINLY IN WHITTIER AND THE CORRIDOR FROM MOOSE PASS TO SEWARD THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTH TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ141-151015- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 109 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST MONDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST MONDAY. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS MOST OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. 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. $$ AKZ131-150100- /X.CON.PAFC.BS.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070115T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 109 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTH TO EAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING RESULTING IN IMPROVING VISIBILITIES. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFC 150047 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 347 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF SEWARD THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TRACK INLAND ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN TONIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW FROM PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. AKZ131-150200- /X.CAN.PAFC.BS.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070115T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 347 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WINDS THROUGH THOMPSON PASS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$ AKZ125-151400- /X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070115T1400Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 347 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY. NORTH TO WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAINLY IN WHITTIER AND THE CORRIDOR FROM MOOSE PASS TO SEWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTH TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ AKZ141-151415- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 347 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST MONDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. 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. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFC 150649 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 949 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF SEWARD THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TRACK INLAND ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN TONIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW FROM PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. AKZ125-150800- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070115T1400Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 949 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOW HAS MOSTLY ENDED AND SKIES ARE CLEARING BUT NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN. $$ AKZ131-151200- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0007.070115T0649Z-070115T1200Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 949 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AST MONDAY FOR THOMPSON PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AST MONDAY FOR THOMPSON PASS. A LOW MOVING THROUGH PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS EVENING IS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH AND PRODUCING VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS THROUGH THOMPSON PASS. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST UNTIL AROUND 3 AM MONDAY 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. $$ AKZ141-151330- /X.CON.PAFC.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070115T1800Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 949 PM AST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST MONDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Jan 13, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 13, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 13, 11:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 14, 1:45 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 57 hr | |
| Jan 14, 1:55 AM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFC | 14 hr | |
| Jan 14, 4:11 AM AKST | Snow Advisory | AFC | 29 hr | |
| Jan 14, 11:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 14, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Jan 14, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 14, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 14, 11:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr |
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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.