Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 24, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Dec 27, 2009, 3:36 AM AKST. It was in force for 4 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
- Dec 27, 2009, 3:36 AM AKST (12:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2009, 7:45 AM AKST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK41 PAFG 271236 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 336 AM AKST SUN DEC 27 2009 AKZ203-280100- /X.UPG.PAFG.WW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-091227T1500Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0024.091227T1236Z-091228T0300Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 336 AM AKST SUN DEC 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ AKZ204-280100- /X.EXB.PAFG.WW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-091228T0300Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 336 AM AKST SUN DEC 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOME TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ AKZ201-280100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-091228T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 336 AM AKST SUN DEC 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE NEAR POINT LAY WHERE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DECREASE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK41 PAFG 271645 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 745 AM AKST SUN DEC 27 2009 AKZ203-271745- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0024.000000T0000Z-091228T0300Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 745 AM AKST SUN DEC 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ AKZ201-280100- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-091228T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 745 AM AKST SUN DEC 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE NEAR POINT LAY WHERE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DECREASE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ AKZ204-280100- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-091228T0300Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 745 AM AKST SUN DEC 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOME TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$
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 Dec 27, 12:59 AM AKST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 12:59 AM AKST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1259 AM AKST SUN DEC 27 2009 .DISCUSSION... TIGHT PINCH IN THE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE ISOBAR FIELD OVER NORTHWEST ALASKA IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RELAX DURING THE NEXT 12-24 HOURS. WILL RUN THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207 NORTHWEST OF KIVALINA THROUGH NOON TODAY. KOTZEBUE AREA MAY HAVE SOME OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH NOON TODAY SO WILL CONTINUE THE STRONG WIND HEADLINE THROUGH NOON TODAY. UNALAKLEET AND GOLOVIN WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BOUNCING WINDS TODAY...OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON TODAY. FULL BLIZZARD NOW IN PROGRESS AT DEADHORSE AND WILL CHANGE ZONE 203 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO BLIZZARD WARNING...AND WILL PUT UP WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ZONE 204. EXPECT WINDS IN ZONES 203-204 DIMINISHING SOME TONIGHT AS THE BAND OF TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT IS PUSHED A LITTLE NORTHWARD. RELATIVELY CALM WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED MON THROUGH WED AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ207. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ204. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ235- PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF DEC 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 6:20 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 2 hr | |
| Dec 26, 8:28 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Dec 27, 2:15 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr |
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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.