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Small Craft Advisory 79, NWS Juneau, AK

February 7, 2008

NWS Juneau, AK issued this small craft advisory at Feb 7, 2008, 5:01 AM AKST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2008, 5:01 AM AKST (14:01 UTC)
Expired: Feb 7, 2008, 11:00 PM AKST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Juneau, AK

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Feb 7, 1:00 AM AKST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 1:00 AM AKST, 4 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 6, 11:11 PM AKST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 3:50 AM AKST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
850 AM AST THU FEB 07 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 AM     HEAVY SNOW       WRANGELL                56.36N 132.27W
02/07/2008  E7.0 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM
            THIS MORNING.

0730 AM     HEAVY SNOW       PETERSBURG              56.77N 132.86W
02/07/2008  M7.0 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM THIS
            MORNING.

0730 AM     HEAVY SNOW       9 S PETERSBURG          56.64N 132.86W
02/07/2008  M8.5 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            8.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM THIS
            MORNING.

0730 AM     HEAVY SNOW       10 N COFFMAN COVE       56.15N 132.84W
02/07/2008  M7.2 INCH        PKZ036             AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOURS SNOWFALL 7.2 INCHES. 9 INCHES ON THE GROUND.

0730 AM     HEAVY SNOW       9 S WRANGELL            56.23N 132.27W
02/07/2008  M10.0 INCH                          AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            10 INCHES OF SNOW FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM THIS
            MORNING. STILL SNOWING HARD.

0730 AM     HEAVY SNOW       PETERSBURG              57.95N 136.21W
02/07/2008  M6.0 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM THIS
            MORNING.

0805 AM     HEAVY SNOW       HYDER                   55.98N 130.06W
02/07/2008  M16.5 INCH                          AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL 16.5 INCHES. 67 INCHES ON THE GROUND.

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NWF

Local storm report, Feb 7, 4:42 AM AKST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
942 AM AST THU FEB 07 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0942 AM     HEAVY SNOW       COFFMAN COVE            56.01N 132.84W
02/07/2008  M7.1 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            7.1 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

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NWF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 6, 11:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	24 hr
Feb 6, 11:00 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AJK	12 hr
Feb 7, 12:09 AM AKST	Snow Advisory	AJK	7 hr
Feb 7, 1:30 AM AKST	Hurricane Force Wind Warning	AJK	9 hr
Feb 7, 2:35 AM AKST	Heavy Snow Warning	AJK	9 hr
Feb 7, 5:01 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	66 hr
Feb 7, 10:44 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	12 hr
Feb 7, 10:44 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	24 hr
Feb 7, 10:44 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	12 hr
Feb 7, 10:44 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AJK	36 hr
Feb 7, 10:44 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AJK	48 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.