Blizzard Warning 46, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Nov 19, 2008, 2:46 PM AKST (23:46 UTC)

Expired

Nov 19, 2008, 6:17 PM AKST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
WWAK41 PAFC 192346
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
246 PM AKST WED NOV 19 2008

AKZ171-200500-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0046.081119T2346Z-081120T0500Z/
KODIAK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY
246 PM AKST WED NOV 19 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKST THIS EVENING. 

A STRONG WEATHER FRONT MOVING INTO KODIAK ISLAND FROM THE GULF OF
ALASKA IS BRINGING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE ISLAND.
VISIBILITIES ARE UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE WITH WINDS BLOWING BETWEEN
40 AND 45 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE IN THE EVENING AS THE
FRONT PUSHES PAST THE AREA.

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 200317
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
617 PM AKST WED NOV 19 2008

AKZ171-200430-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0046.000000T0000Z-081120T0500Z/
KODIAK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY
617 PM AKST WED NOV 19 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. CONDITIONS OVER KODIAK ISLAND HAVE IMPROVED BUT
THERE WILL STILL BE PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT. 

$$

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