Blizzard Warning 13, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Feb 15, 2011, 2:04 AM AKST (11:04 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 15, 2011, 5:00 AM AKST

Expired

Feb 15, 2011, 9:44 AM AKST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

717 
WWAK42 PAFC 151104
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
204 AM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011

AKZ155-160015-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0013.110215T1400Z-110215T2000Z/
/X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0008.110215T1500Z-110216T0600Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
204 AM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST THIS MORNING ALONG
THE COAST...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST THIS
MORNING ALONG THE COAST. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM AKST
THIS EVENING.

AN APPROACHING FRONT WILL BRING STEADY SNOW ALONG WITH SOUTH WINDS
OF 25 TO 45 MPH ALONG THE COAST...WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
INLAND. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND STEADY SNOWFALL WILL
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THE WORST CONDITIONS
WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE INLAND
AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE
COAST THIS MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO ONE
QUARTER MILE OR LESS...AND TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES
OTHERWISE. 

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE ZONE WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 4
INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE
THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND AND WEAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

493 
WWAK42 PAFC 151844
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
944 AM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011

AKZ155-160100-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110215T2000Z/
/X.EXT.PAFC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110216T0100Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
944 AM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4
PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST.

AN APPROACHING FRONT IS BRINGING SNOW ALONG WITH SOUTH WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH ALONG THE COAST. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND
SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES
FREQUENTLY UNDER ONE MILE AND OCCASIONALLY TO ONE QUARTER MILE
ALONG THE COAST. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE FRONT RAPIDLY WEAKENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

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