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Small Craft Advisory 173, NWS Juneau, AK

February 20, 2011

NWS Juneau, AK issued this small craft advisory at Feb 20, 2011, 1:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2011, 1:00 PM AKST (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2011, 4:00 PM AKST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Juneau, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Feb 20, 4:34 AM AKST, 8 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 4:34 AM AKST, 8 hours 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 20, 10:43 AM AKST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1043 AM AKST SUN FEB 20 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     HEAVY SNOW       DOUGLAS                 58.27N 134.39W
02/20/2011  M13.5 INCH                          AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 13.5 INCHES WAS MEASURED FROM FRIDAY
            AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING AT 6 AM AT AN ELEVATION OF
            420 FEET ON SOUTH DOUGLAS ISLAND.

0700 AM     HEAVY SNOW       PETERSBURG              56.81N 132.96W
02/20/2011  M8.0 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A NWS SPOTTER IN PETERSBURG REPORTED SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 8
            INCHES IN 24 HOURS.

0700 AM     HEAVY SNOW       HYDER                   55.91N 130.02W
02/20/2011  M8.1 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            NWS COOP IN HYDER REPORTED 8.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN
            THEIR MORNING REPORT WITH MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING.

0800 AM     SNOW             13 N KETCHIKAN          55.53N 131.65W
02/20/2011  M3.0 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            NWS COOP IN KETCHIKAN REPORTED 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW
            DURING A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EVENT WITH THE SNOW
            STOPPING AROUND 3 AM THIS MORNING.

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NCB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 3:50 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAJK17 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK4 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK12 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK24 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK24 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK24 hr
Feb 19, 8:07 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK8 hr
Feb 19, 11:02 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK5 hr
Feb 20, 4:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK9 hr
Feb 20, 4:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK12 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.