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Blizzard Watch 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 25, 2009

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard watch at Feb 25, 2009, 3:33 PM AKST. It took effect at Feb 26, 2009, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2009, 3:33 PM AKST (00:33 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2009, 6:00 PM AKST
Expired: Feb 26, 2009, 12:37 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 Feb 25, 2:36 PM AKST, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:36 PM AKST, 57 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
Feb 25, 8:45 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	6 hr
Feb 26, 2:06 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	26 hr
Feb 26, 2:25 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Feb 26, 3:13 AM AKST	Blizzard Watch	AFG	12 hr
Feb 26, 12:37 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	11 hr
Feb 26, 1:47 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	48 hr
Feb 26, 1:56 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	25 hr
Feb 26, 1:56 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	25 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Watches in Alaska, 2009 Every blizzard watch 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.