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Blizzard Warning 5, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 18, 2009

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Jan 18, 2009, 12:56 PM AKST. It was in force for 20 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2009, 12:56 PM AKST (21:56 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2009, 8:54 AM AKST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWAK41 PAFC 182156
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1256 PM AKST SUN JAN 18 2009


AKZ131-191415-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0005.090118T2200Z-090119T1800Z/
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
1256 PM AKST SUN JAN 18 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY FOR THOMPSON PASS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY FOR THOMPSON PASS.

A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA IS BRINGING
SNOWFALL...SOUTHEAST WIND 30 TO 50 MPH...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES
TO THOMPSON PASS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT AND DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING.

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.

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWAK41 PAFC 191407
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
507 AM AKST MON JAN 19 2009

AKZ131-191800-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090119T1800Z/
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
507 AM AKST MON JAN 19 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS
MORNING FOR THOMPSON PASS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS
MORNING FOR THOMPSON PASS. 

A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA IS BRINGING
SNOWFALL...SOUTHEAST WIND OF 35 MPH...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES
TO THOMPSON PASS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MID
MORNING TODAY.

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 191754
WSWAER

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
854 AM AKST MON JAN 19 2009

AKZ131-191900-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090119T1800Z/
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
854 AM AKST MON JAN 19 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 


$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 17, 4:00 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC	60 hr
Jan 17, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	48 hr
Jan 17, 4:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 17, 4:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 17, 4:50 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	23 hr
Jan 17, 11:59 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	4 hr
Jan 18, 4:00 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Jan 18, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
Jan 18, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	6 days
Jan 18, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	61 hr
Jan 18, 4:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	24 hr
Jan 18, 4:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2009 Every blizzard warning in 2009

Sources

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