Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 21, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Apr 5, 2011, 4:52 PM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 5, 2011, 10:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 27 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
- Apr 5, 2011, 4:52 PM AKDT (00:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2011, 10:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2011, 1:24 AM AKDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
170 WWAK42 PAFC 060052 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 452 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE BERING SEA REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS... .A LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE BERING SEA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A STRONG FRONT MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE ONSHORE OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. TEMPERATURES OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE VERY COLD WITH SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...TEENS TO 20S IN THE BRISTOL BAY AREA...AND LOWER 20S ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THEREFORE...PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO FALL AS SNOW AND MAY COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...MUCH WARMER AIR WILL CAUSE PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN EXACTLY WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW. AKZ155-061400- /X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 452 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED INLAND WHILE THE COAST WILL SEE MUCH STRONGER WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WHETHER MUCH WARMER AIR TO THE SOUTH WILL INTRUDE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN. THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT AT LEAST NORTHERN COASTAL REGIONS WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ AKZ195-061400- /X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 452 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO 45 TO 60 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEFORE WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN THE 20S BUT WILL WARM INTO THE 30S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CHANGE THE SNOW OVER TO RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ161-061400- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0600Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 452 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WESTERN CAPES WILL LIKELY SEE EVEN STRONGER WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES POSSIBLY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DILLINGHAM WILL ALSO SEE BLOWING SNOW...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER AND THUS VISIBILITIES SHOULD BE HIGHER. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME WARM ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
737 WWAK42 PAFC 060118 CCA WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 516 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011 CORRECTED HEADLINE 161 ...A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE BERING SEA REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS... .A LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE BERING SEA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A STRONG FRONT MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE ONSHORE OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. TEMPERATURES OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE VERY COLD WITH SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...TEENS TO 20S IN THE BRISTOL BAY AREA...AND LOWER 20S ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THEREFORE...PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO FALL AS SNOW AND MAY COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...MUCH WARMER AIR WILL CAUSE PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN EXACTLY WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW. AKZ155-061445- /X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 516 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED INLAND WHILE THE COAST WILL SEE MUCH STRONGER WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WHETHER MUCH WARMER AIR TO THE SOUTH WILL INTRUDE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN. THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT AT LEAST NORTHERN COASTAL REGIONS WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ AKZ195-061445- /X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T0600Z-110406T1800Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 516 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO 45 TO 60 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEFORE WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN THE 20S BUT WILL WARM INTO THE 30S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CHANGE THE SNOW OVER TO RAIN. 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. && $$ AKZ161-061445- /X.COR.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0600Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 516 PM AKDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM. SNOW AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF DILLINGHAM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WESTERN CAPES WILL LIKELY SEE EVEN STRONGER WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES POSSIBLY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND WARMER AIR ARRIVES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DILLINGHAM WILL ALSO SEE BLOWING SNOW...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER AND THUS VISIBILITIES SHOULD BE HIGHER. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME WARM ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$
034 WWAK42 PAFC 061306 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 506 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 AKZ161-070000- /X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0009.110406T1800Z-110407T0600Z/ /X.EXB.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T0000Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 506 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WEATHER FRONT FROM A BERING LOW WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY TO THE BRISTOL BAY COAST WEST OF DILLINGHAM. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES. EAST WIND INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM IN THE AFTERNOON AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END AS SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN. 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. && $$ AKZ155-070215- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 506 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY. A FRONT FROM A BERING LOW WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS MORNING THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A TOTAL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH EAST WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END THURSDAY MORNING AS SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ195-061800- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110406T1800Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 506 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKDT THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKDT THIS MORNING. SOUTHEAST WIND 40 TO 55 MPH IS COMBINING WITH SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PRIBILOFS THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY RISE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO END BY MID MORNING AS SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN. 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. && $$
951 WWAK42 PAFC 061658 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 858 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 AKZ195-061800- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110406T1800Z/ PRIBILOF ISLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAINT PAUL 858 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOW HAS SWITCHED OVER TO RAIN AND VISIBILITY HAS IMPROVED. $$ AKZ155-070600- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 858 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY. A FRONT FROM A BERING LOW WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS MORNING THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A TOTAL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH EAST WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END THURSDAY MORNING AS SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN. 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. && $$ AKZ161-070000- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.110406T1800Z-110407T0000Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 858 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WEATHER FRONT FROM A BERING LOW WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY TO THE BRISTOL BAY COAST WEST OF DILLINGHAM. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES. EAST WIND INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM IN THE AFTERNOON AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END AS SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$
567 WWAK42 PAFC 062352 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 352 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 AKZ161-071300- /X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110407T1500Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 352 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY NORTH AND WEST OF KING SALMON... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY NORTH AND WEST OF KING SALMON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED TODAY WEST OF DILLINGHAM AS A POWERFUL LOW IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA MOVES TOWARD WESTERN ALASKA. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THIS EVENING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF KING SALMON. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF TO 30 TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT NORTH AND WEST OF KING SALMON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM OVERNIGHT AND GRADUALLY CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW...ENDING THE BLIZZARD THREAT. THE SNOW WILL FIRST CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST EAST OF DILLINGHAM BY LATE EVENING...AND FROM DILLINGHAM NORTH AND WEST FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND. 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. && $$ AKZ155-071300- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110407T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 352 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO HAVE OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL REGIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE POWERFUL BERING SEA LOW MOVES TOWARDS THE WESTERN COAST. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THIS SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 50 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL KEEP VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST. WARMER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN MOST AREAS...ESPECIALLY FROM BETHEL SOUTH AND EAST. HOWEVER...COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE FROM THE WEST AND WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD REDEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$
107 WWAK42 PAFC 070924 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 124 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 AKZ155-161-071030- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110407T1500Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA-BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND... KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK...PILOT POINT 124 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. HEAVY SNOW IS DIMINISHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...BRINGING AN END TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST ALASKA. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY...AND AS SNOW SHOWERS REDEVELOP BY MIDDAY VISIBILITIES MAY ONCE AGAIN BE REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS IN VERY STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM AKDT | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM AKDT | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:23 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:23 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | 52 hr | |
| Apr 6, 12:40 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 15 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Apr 6, 5:23 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Apr 6, 5:35 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Apr 6, 10:55 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | 29 hr | |
| Apr 6, 12:14 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 33 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2011Every blizzard warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.