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Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 13, 2008

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Jan 13, 2008, 1:49 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 13, 2008, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 9 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 13, 2008, 1:49 AM AKST (10:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2008, 3:00 PM AKST
Expired
Jan 13, 2008, 11:57 PM AKST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 131549
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
649 AM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

AKZ195-140400-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0001.080114T0100Z-080114T1200Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.080114T0000Z-080114T1200Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
649 AM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM
AST MONDAY...

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 THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

AN INTENSE WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO
LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILES IN THE BLOWING SNOW.

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK42 PAFC 140124
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
424 PM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

AKZ185-140900-
/X.EXB.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080114T0900Z/
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
424 PM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT...

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

AN INTENSE WEATHER FRONT IS PASSING OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TONIGHT. 
THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT IS PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MOST OF THE EVENING THEN IMPROVE
TOWARD MIDNIGHT.

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.

$$

AKZ195-140900-
/X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080114T0900Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
424 PM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT.

AN INTENSE WEATHER FRONT IS PASSING OVER THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS TONIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT IS PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MOST OF THE EVENING THEN IMPROVE
TOWARD MIDNIGHT.

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 140624
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
924 PM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

AKZ185-140730-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080114T0900Z/
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
924 PM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THE WEATHER FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND VISIBILITIES ARE
IMPROVING AS THE WINDS DIMINISH.

$$

AKZ195-140900-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080114T0900Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
924 PM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT. 

AN INTENSE WEATHER FRONT IS PASSING OVER THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS
TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THE FRONT IS PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MOST OF THE
EVENING THEN IMPROVE TOWARD MIDNIGHT.

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 140857
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1157 PM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN BERING SEA
TONIGHT. WHILE CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED OVER THE PRIBILOF
ISLANDS...WE ARE ANTICIPATING A SECOND LOW TO DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY
AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN BERING SEA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS
ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA MONDAY NIGHT.

AKZ195-141000-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080114T0900Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
1157 PM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. A
STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS PASSED THROUGH THE ISLANDS. BEHIND THE
FRONT...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY AND WHILE SNOW SHOWERS
AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY OVERNIGHT WE
DO NOT EXPECT ANY MORE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM.

$$

AKZ155-141500-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0002.080115T0900Z-080116T0000Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
1157 PM AST SUN JAN 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. 

ANOTHER STRONG LOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING SOUTH OF THE
ALEUTIAN CHAIN...POSSIBLY SENDING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE
KUSKOKWIM DELTA LATE TONIGHT. 

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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:55 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC15 hr
Jan 12, 11:00 PM AKSTStorm WarningAFC12 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC24 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKSTHurricane Force Wind WarningAFC24 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKSTStorm WarningAFC36 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKSTStorm WarningAFC12 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC12 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.