Blizzard Watch 13, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Feb 14, 2008, 11:34 PM AKST (08:34 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 15, 2008, 6:00 PM AKST

Expired

Feb 15, 2008, 11:12 AM AKST

In force

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 151334
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
434 AM AST FRI FEB 15 2008


AKZ195-160300-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.A.0013.080216T0300Z-080216T2100Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
434 AM AST FRI FEB 15 2008

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING. 

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOWFALL THIS EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...
POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

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.

$$

000 
WWAK42 PAFC 152012
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1112 AM AST FRI FEB 15 2008

AKZ195-161415-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0013.080216T0300Z-080216T2100Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0022.080216T0300Z-080216T2100Z/
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL
1112 AM AST FRI FEB 15 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AST
SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOWFALL THIS EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

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