Blizzard Warning 30, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Nov 4, 2011, 4:21 PM AKDT (00:21 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 5, 2011, 7:00 AM AKDT

Expired

Nov 5, 2011, 4:00 PM AKDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

516 
WWAK42 PAFC 050021
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
421 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST ALASKA ON
SATURDAY...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHEASTERN
BERING SEA ON SATURDAY...BRINGING STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD
SNOW TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA.

AKZ155-051400-
/X.UPG.PAFC.BZ.A.0012.111105T1500Z-111106T0000Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0030.111105T1500Z-111106T0000Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
421 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM AKDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM AKDT SATURDAY. THE
BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 


* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.

* VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW
  AND BLOWING SNOW.

* WIND...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 35
  MPH. ALONG THE COAST...WINDS WILL BE STRONGER AT 30 MPH TO 40
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* LOCATION...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM
  DELTA. HOWEVER...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE THE STRONGEST AND
  LAST THE LONGEST ALONG THE NORTHERN KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST
  INCLUDING NUNIVAK ISLAND.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY MORNING
  THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SATURDAY
  EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES EASTWARD AND TEMPERATURES WARM.

* IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE FOR
  DANGEROUS OR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

898 
WWAK42 PAFC 051251
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
451 AM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE BEGINNING TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST ALASKA...

.A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
NEAR THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND WIDESPREAD
SNOW TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA TODAY.

AKZ155-060000-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0030.111105T1500Z-111106T0000Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
451 AM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN 
  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 

* WIND...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 
  35 MPH. ALONG THE COAST...WINDS WILL BE STRONGER AT 30 MPH TO 
  40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 

* LOCATION...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM
  DELTA. HOWEVER...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LAST THE LONGEST ALONG
  THE NORTHERN KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY MORNING
  THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
  SATURDAY EVENING AS THE LOW BEGINS TO WEAKEN AND WINDS DIMINISH
  RAPIDLY.

* IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE FOR 
  DANGEROUS OR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

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.

&&

$$

549 
WWAK42 PAFC 060000
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011


AKZ155-060100-
/X.EXP.PAFC.BZ.W.0030.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
400 PM AKDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 



$$

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