Blizzard Warning 37, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Mar 18, 2008, 2:36 AM AKDT (10:36 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 18, 2008, 7:36 AM AKDT

Expired

Mar 18, 2008, 11:26 AM AKDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
WWAK41 PAFC 181536
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
736 AM ADT TUE MAR 18 2008


AKZ171-190000-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0037.080318T1536Z-080319T0000Z/
KODIAK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY
736 AM ADT TUE MAR 18 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH
OF KODIAK CITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW ARE
REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS OVER THE
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE ISLAND. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO IMPROVE SOME LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF KODIAK.

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 
WWAK41 PAFC 181926
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1126 AM ADT TUE MAR 18 2008


AKZ171-182030-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080319T0000Z/
KODIAK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY
1126 AM ADT TUE MAR 18 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY...

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

AREAS OF BLOWING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LOCAL
VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE. 

$$

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