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Blizzard Watch 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 20, 2008

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard watch at Jan 20, 2008, 6:49 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 21, 2008, 9:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2008, 6:49 AM AKST (15:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2008, 9:00 PM AKST
Expired: Jan 21, 2008, 2:23 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 20, 1:37 AM AKST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 1:37 AM AKST, 5 hours 12 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 19, 8:07 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	16 hr
Jan 19, 8:23 PM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFG	15 hr
Jan 19, 11:14 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	29 hr
Jan 19, 11:14 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFG	9 hr
Jan 19, 11:22 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	23 hr
Jan 19, 11:22 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFG	5 hr
Jan 20, 4:32 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	4 hr
Jan 20, 8:13 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	39 hr
Jan 20, 9:50 AM AKST	Heavy Snow Warning	AFG	10 hr
Jan 20, 12:15 PM AKST	Snow Advisory	AFG	15 hr

Nearby

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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.