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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this winter storm warning at Jan 17, 2011, 4:57 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 17, 2011, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 18 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 17, 2011, 4:57 AM AKST (13:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2011, 3:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2011, 9:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
586 WWAK47 PAJK 171357 WSWAJK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 457 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 AKZ017-171500- /X.CAN.PAJK.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110117T1400Z/ CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YAKUTAT 457 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. $$ AKZ018-171500- /X.CAN.PAJK.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110117T1400Z/ TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SKAGWAY 457 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. $$ AKZ019-021-024>026-172200- /X.NEW.PAJK.WS.W.0002.110118T0000Z-110118T1800Z/ HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAINES...HOONAH...ANGOON...JUNEAU... PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE 457 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM AKST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM AKST TUESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNT: SNOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 1 PM AKST MONDAY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. && $$ AKZ020-022-172200- /X.NEW.PAJK.WS.W.0002.110118T0000Z-110118T1400Z/ GLACIER BAY-SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUSTAVUS...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN 457 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM AKST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM AKST TUESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNT: SNOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 1 PM AKST MONDAY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. && $$
4 follow-up statements
441 WWAK47 PAJK 172058 WSWAJK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 1158 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 AKZ019-021-024>026-180600- /X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0002.110118T0000Z-110118T1800Z/ HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAINES...HOONAH...ANGOON...JUNEAU... PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE 1158 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM AKST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM AKST TUESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNT: SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 9 PM AKST MONDAY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. && $$ AKZ020-022-180600- /X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0002.110118T0000Z-110118T1400Z/ GLACIER BAY-SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUSTAVUS...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN 1158 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM AKST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM AKST TUESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNT: A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL TURN TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY FROM FROM JUST A FEW INCHES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST TO UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE COLDER INLAND AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 9 PM AKST MONDAY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. && $$
566 WWAK47 PAJK 180532 WSWAJK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 832 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 AKZ019-021-024>026-181415- /X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1800Z/ HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAINES...HOONAH...ANGOON...JUNEAU... PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE 832 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST TUESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNT: SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 5 AM AKST TUESDAY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. && $$ AKZ020-022-181400- /X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1400Z/ GLACIER BAY-SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUSTAVUS...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN 832 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST TUESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNT: A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL TURN TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY FROM FROM JUST A FEW INCHES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST TO UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE COLDER INLAND AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 5 PM AKST TUESDAY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. && $$
200 WWAK47 PAJK 181357 WSWAJK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 457 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 AKZ021-025-181500- /X.CAN.PAJK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1800Z/ EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOONAH...JUNEAU 457 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. $$ AKZ020-022-181500- /X.CAN.PAJK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1400Z/ GLACIER BAY-SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUSTAVUS...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN 457 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. $$ AKZ019-024-026-181800- /X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1800Z/ HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAINES...ANGOON...PETERSBURG... WRANGELL...KAKE 457 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNT: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. && $$ PSS
429 WWAK47 PAJK 181751 WSWAJK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 851 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 AKZ019-024-026-181900- /X.EXP.PAJK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1800Z/ HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAINES...ANGOON...PETERSBURG... WRANGELL...KAKE 851 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPPER OFF TODAY AND MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 16, 3:36 PM AKST, 13 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:36 PM AKST, 13 hours 21 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 336 PM AKST SUN JAN 16 2011 .SHORT TERM...THE BIG NEWS IS THAT THE STRONG NORTHERLY OUTFLOW WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. A 989 MB LOW IN DIXON ENTRANCES MOVES EAST INTO CENTRAL B.C. WHILE THE HIGH OVER THE YUKON WEAKENS. STILL HAVE GALE AND HVY FREEZING SPRAY FOR NRN LYNN CANAL BUT THIS WILL DIMINISH BELOW SMCR BY MORNING. FRONTAL PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIXON ENTRANCE LOW CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONE AND SOME OF THIS MOISTURE HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY A AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT IS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND IS PRODUCING SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS NOW. HEAVIEST PRECIP WILL WILL ALONG SOUTHERN COAST MT'S WHERE IT WILL FALL AS SNOW AND STILL HAVE WSW IN EFFECT FOR 26 AND 29 TIL MIDNIGHT. ALONG THE SOUTHERN COASTAL ZONES TEMPS ARE ABOVE FREEZING WITH RAIN. SHOULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF SNOW OVER NORTHERN AREAS TONIGHT AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN 26 AND 29 BY MIDNIGHT. HAVE ENDED FZ RA ADVISORY WITH COLD ARE SOUTH OF ARCTIC FRONT NOW MIXED OUT. THERE IS A LOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THAT DISSIPATES AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN PANHANDLE MONDAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WILL SEE A BIT OF CCA LATER TONIGHT BUT SHORT LIVED. BEHIND THIS THROUGH NW WINDS INCREASE AND REACH GALE FORCE IN COASTAL WATERS. A SECOND TROUGH PUSHES TO NE GULF MON AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD SNOW TO THE COAST BY MORNING AND INTO INNER CHANNELS BY LATE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...THE PERIOD OF WINDY ARCTIC COLD OVER THE NORTHERN 2/3 OF THE PANHANDLE IS ENDING. WARMER AIR ALREADY OVER THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND INLAND ACROSS THE PANHANDLE DURING THE WEEK AHEAD. THERE WILL BE INCREASING EPISODES OF PRECIPITATION THIS WEEK AND BY ABOUT THUR PRECIP SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT SEA LEVEL EVERYWHERE EXCEPT PERHAPS SKAGWAY. CONSENSUS OPINION IS THE LAST TWO GFS AND ECMWF MODEL RUNS ARE SIMILAR AND ACCEPTED FOR HANDLING THE PATTERN EVOLUTION THIS WEEK. GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS PRETTY CONSISTENT TOO. MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE SHOWS WARMING ALL AREAS BUT ENSEMBLE TEMPS WED COVER BROAD RANGE. THIS IS THE PERIOD OF MOST UNCERTAINTY IN THE DETAILS OF TEMPS AND PRECIP TYPE /RAIN VS SNOW/ ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF PANHANDLE BECAUSE THE IMPACTS OF CHANGING TO FROZEN TO LIQUID PRECIP MAY BE SIGNIFICANT. VERY DEEP STORM SFC/ALF WEST OF THE DATELINE AT 45N TODAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS WEEK. AHEAD OF THIS STORM SEVERAL SMALL FEATURES MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF AND MAINTAIN A COOL NW FLOW ALOFT AND KEEP THE RAIN/SNOW LINE NEAR FREDERICK SOUND THROUGH TUE NIGHT. BY WED THE DEEPER STORM APPRCHG FROM THE DATELINE WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BEGIN STEERING A WARMER SW JETSTREAM AND SFC WARM FRONT INTO THE ERN GULF. BASED ON GFS MODEL PREDICTED UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS THE RAIN/SNOW LINE WILL BEGIN LIFTING N ACROSS ENTIRE PANHANDLE LATER TUES BUT THE WARM LAYER MAY BE SHALLOW. THE UNCERTAINTY COMES FROM WHETHER THE WARM FRONT STALLS FOR A WHILE OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF SNOW TUE NIGHT AND WED ALONG AND NORTH OF A JNU-CAPE SPENCER LINE...OR WORSE...LOCALIZED FRZG RAIN. STILL BELIEVE THE ONSHORE FLOW ALFT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH THUR-FRI TO WARM SFC TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING CLEAR INTO NORTHERN LYNN CANAL. SNOW LEVELS PREDICTED TO RISE BY FRI TO ABOVE 4000 FT FAR SRN PANHANDLE TO AROUND 1500 FT JNU AND 1000 FEET FAR NORTHERN ZONES. .AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT FOR AKZ026-029. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON FOR AKZ027- 028. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING FOR AKZ017-019-020-022-025. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING FOR AKZ018. MARINE...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ011-013-031. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ012. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ011>013-021-022-031>035-041. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ036-042-043-051-052. && MM/TA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Jan 16, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Jan 16, 9:45 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 6 hr | |
| Jan 16, 9:55 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AJK | 7 hr | |
| Jan 16, 10:42 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AJK | 6 hr | |
| Jan 16, 11:15 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 17 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr |
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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.