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Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 5, 2011

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Jan 5, 2011, 4:17 PM AKST. It was in force for 15 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: Jan 5, 2011, 4:17 PM AKST (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Jan 6, 2011, 7:22 AM AKST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

747 
WWAK42 PAFC 060117
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
417 PM AKST WED JAN 5 2011


AKZ191-061430-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0003.110106T0117Z-110106T1900Z/
WESTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA
417 PM AKST WED JAN 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKST THURSDAY. 

A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF SHEMYA ISLAND WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE BERING SEA TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
WIND SPEEDS UP TO 50 MPH AND GUSTS TO 65 MPH WITH STEADY SNOW
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES
DUE TO BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

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.

&&

$$

2 follow-up statements

904 
WWAK42 PAFC 061345
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
445 AM AKST THU JAN 6 2011

AKZ191-061900-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110106T1900Z/
WESTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA
445 AM AKST THU JAN 6 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKST THIS
MORNING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKST THIS
MORNING. 

A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS CROSSED INTO THE WESTERN BERING
SEA. WIND SPEEDS OF 50 TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...MAINLY EAST OF
SHEMYA AND WEST OF KISKA. SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH AND
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE THIS MORNING AS THE LOW MOVES
NORTHWARD INTO THE BERING SEA.

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.

&&

$$

698 
WWAK42 PAFC 061622
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
722 AM AKST THU JAN 6 2011


AKZ191-061730-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110106T1900Z/
WESTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEMYA AND AMCHITKA
722 AM AKST THU JAN 6 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 


$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 5, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	4 days
Jan 5, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	67 hr
Jan 6, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	36 hr
Jan 6, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 6, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	51 hr
Jan 6, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	5 days
Jan 6, 4:00 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	24 hr
Jan 6, 4:00 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 6, 8:45 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	22 hr

Nearby

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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.