Blizzard Warning 32, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Nov 8, 2011, 12:00 PM AKST (21:00 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 8, 2011, 5:00 PM AKST

Expired

Nov 8, 2011, 11:57 PM AKST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

881 
WWAK42 PAFC 082100
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1200 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011

...MAJOR STORM TO IMPACT WESTERN ALASKA...

A VERY STRONG STORM IS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE BERING
SEA. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS AFTERNOON
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH LIKELY ALONG THE COAST. WINDS INLAND
WILL GUST FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST 40 TO 55 MPH BEFORE SHIFTING
AND DIMINISHING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT.

TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE ALONG THE COAST TO ABOVE
FREEZING...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES INLAND WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT SNOW. IN ADDITION...APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES OF SNOW
CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY BE EASILY PICKED UP AND BLOWN
AS THE WINDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN
FALLING LATER THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INCLUDING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WINDS SHIFT FROM THE
SOUTH SOUTHEAST TO THE SOUTHWEST AND TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE
FREEZING.

AKZ155-091000-
/X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0032.111109T0200Z-111109T1000Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
1200 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM
AKST WEDNESDAY INLAND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM
AKST WEDNESDAY. 

* LOCATION...ALTHOUGH BRIEF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG
  THE COAST...THE MAIN THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE INLAND
  WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING.

* SNOW...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO DURING THE HEIGHT OF
  THE EVENT.

* WIND...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COAST WITH GUSTS TO 80
  MPH POSSIBLE. INLAND WINDS WILL BE SOUTH 40 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE LATER THIS
  AFTERNOON AND LAST UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PEAK OF THE EVENT
  WILL BE BETWEEN 5 PM TUESDAY EVENING AND 1 AM AKST WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS 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.

&&

$$

267 
WWAK42 PAFC 090620
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
920 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011

...MAJOR STORM TO IMPACT WESTERN ALASKA...

A VERY STRONG STORM OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA CONTINUES TO MOVE
NORTH THIS EVENING. WINDS OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA ARE RANGING
FROM 20 TO 40 MPH OVER INLAND SECTIONS TO 50 TO 70 MPH ALONG THE
COAST.

IN ADDITION...APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES OF SNOW CURRENTLY ON THE
GROUND WILL LIKELY BE EASILY PICKED UP AND BLOWN BY THE STRONG
WINDS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL HAS REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITY.

CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WINDS SHIFT FROM THE
SOUTH SOUTHEAST TO THE SOUTHWEST AND TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE
FREEZING.

AKZ155-091000-
/X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0032.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
920 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKST WEDNESDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

* LOCATION...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND WEST OF BETHEL.

* SNOW...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO DURING THE HEIGHT OF 
  THE EVENT. 

* WIND...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COAST WITH GUSTS TO 
  80 MPH POSSIBLE. INLAND WINDS WILL BE SOUTH 40 TO 55 MPH. 

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS 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.

&&

$$

837 
WWAK42 PAFC 090857
WSWALU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1157 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011


AKZ155-091000-
/X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0032.000000T0000Z-111109T1000Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND
1157 PM AKST TUE NOV 8 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING ACROSS MOST OF THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA WITH
SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST AND AT INLAND LOCATIONS.
UNTIL THE CHANGEOVER IS COMPLETE THERE WILL BE AREAS FROM BETHEL
EAST WHICH WILL EXPERIENCE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING
SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...HOWEVER...ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

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