Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 6, 2009, 10:46 AM AKST. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 6, 2009, 10:46 AM AKST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2009, 5:44 PM AKST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK41 PAFG 061946 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1046 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 AKZ201-070300- /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.090306T1946Z-090307T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 1046 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTS TO 35 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$ AKZ202-062100- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090306T2100Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 1046 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH DIMINISHING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK41 PAFG 062054 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1154 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 AKZ202-062200- /X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090306T2100Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 1154 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ AKZ201-070300- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090307T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 1154 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTS TO 35 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 062307 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 207 PM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 AKZ201-070300- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090307T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 207 PM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWAK41 PAFG 070244 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 544 PM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 AKZ201-070345- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090307T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 544 PM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning 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 warning went out at Mar 6, 3:42 AM AKST, 7 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 3:42 AM AKST, 7 hours 4 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 342 AM AKST FRI MAR 6 2009 .DISCUSSION... MODELS SHOWING SAME SIMILARITIES FOR NEXT 48 HOURS WITH ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES. CURRENT 993 MB LOW NEAR NOATAK WILL MOVE INLAND AND RAPIDLY WEAKEN BY THIS EVENING. COLD ADVECTION FROM BEHIND THE LOW IS CURRENTLY BE USHERED INTO NORTHERN ALASKA. UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO CROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO ALL OF MAINLAND ALASKA BY SUNDAY AND REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH POLE. THE NEXT LOW MOVES INTO THE BERING SEA BY SATURDAY AND WILL SERVE TO NUDGE THE AXIS OF THE RIDGE EASTWARD. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE JET STREAM TO SET UP TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE AND WILL ONLY ALLOW MOVEMENT TO THE SOUTH OF THE MAINLAND. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF SOME FLAVOR SETS UP AND REMAINS OVER ALL OF MAINLAND ALASKA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. COLD ADVECTION ENTERING NORTHERN ALASKA IS BRINGING IN STRONG WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. THIS WILL KEEP HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE INTERIOR IN POOR VISIBILITY...TO INCLUDE HIGHWAY SUMMITS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ210-AKZ212-AKZ216- AKZ217. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ224- AKZ225-AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF MAR 09
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 6, 6:38 AM AKST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
638 AM AKST FRI MAR 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW UNIVERSITY WEST 64.85N 147.87W
03/05/2009 M3.5 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
0826 AM HEAVY SNOW LAKE MINCHUMINA 63.87N 152.41W
03/05/2009 M5.6 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
0839 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 WSW CHENA RIDGE 64.78N 148.13W
03/05/2009 M4.0 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
0904 AM HEAVY SNOW FAIRBANKS 64.81N 147.86W
03/05/2009 M3.6 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
COLLEGE OBSERVATORY
0912 AM HEAVY SNOW 8 SW ANDERSON 64.22N 149.35W
03/05/2009 M6.6 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
0855 PM HEAVY SNOW FAIRBANKS 64.81N 147.86W
03/05/2009 M8.6 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
0913 PM HEAVY SNOW 6 SW FAIRBANKS 64.75N 148.00W
03/05/2009 M9.5 INCH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
0913 PM HEAVY SNOW SALCHA 64.47N 146.94W
03/05/2009 M4.5 INCH AK PUBLIC
0913 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 NW ESTER 64.90N 148.12W
03/05/2009 M7.0 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
0913 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 ENE FAIRBANKS 64.85N 147.69W
03/05/2009 M8.0 INCH AK TRAINED SPOTTER
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ACROSSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 4:30 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Mar 5, 6:12 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 18 hr | |
| Mar 6, 3:50 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Mar 6, 9:45 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 5 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:02 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:28 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 23 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.