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Blizzard Watch 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 18, 2008

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard watch at Jan 18, 2008, 11:11 PM AKST. It took effect at Jan 19, 2008, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2008, 11:11 PM AKST (08:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2008, 6:00 PM AKST
Expired: Jan 19, 2008, 1:01 PM AKST
In force
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard watch went out at Jan 18, 10:46 AM AKST, 12 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 10:46 AM AKST, 12 hours 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 18, 10:46 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	53 hr
Jan 18, 10:54 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFG	30 hr
Jan 19, 12:41 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	35 hr
Jan 19, 5:25 AM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFG	28 hr
Jan 19, 8:01 AM AKST	Blizzard Watch	AFG	21 hr
Jan 19, 8:01 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	43 hr
Jan 19, 8:01 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	43 hr
Jan 19, 8:57 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	23 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Watches in Alaska, 2008 Every blizzard watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.