Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2011

Blizzard Warning 21, NWS Anchorage, AK

April 5, 2011

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 THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.

&&

$$
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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.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:00 PM AKDTGale WarningAFC60 hr
Apr 5, 4:00 PM AKDTHurricane Force Wind WarningAFC48 hr
Apr 5, 4:00 PM AKDTHurricane Force Wind WarningAFC36 hr
Apr 5, 4:00 PM AKDTStorm WarningAFC60 hr
Apr 5, 4:23 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFC12 hr
Apr 5, 4:23 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFC52 hr
Apr 6, 12:40 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC15 hr
Apr 6, 4:00 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Apr 6, 4:00 AM AKDTStorm WarningAFC36 hr
Apr 6, 4:00 AM AKDTStorm WarningAFC36 hr
Apr 6, 5:23 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFC6 hr
Apr 6, 5:35 AM AKDTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFC11 hr
Apr 6, 10:55 AM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFC29 hr
Apr 6, 12:14 PM AKDTBlizzard WarningAFC33 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.