Alert archive / Alaska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this winter storm warning at Dec 28, 2012, 4:07 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 28, 2012, 9:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 8 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
- Dec 28, 2012, 4:07 PM AKST (01:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2012, 9:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2012, 4:45 AM AKST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
557 WWAK42 PAFC 290107 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 407 PM AKST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW AND WIND TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH INTO BRISTOL BAY TONIGHT...THEN INLAND OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA SATURDAY MORNING. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN WILL PRECEDE THE LOW AND BRING A QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES FROM THE WESTERN CAPES TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW PASSES THROUGH...GUSTY WINDS AND NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL BE COMMON...AGAIN FROM THE WESTERN CAPES OF BRISTOL BAY NORTH THROUGH THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA. FARTHER INLAND...LIGHTER SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. AKZ155-291415- /X.NEW.PAFC.WS.W.0004.121229T0600Z-121230T0100Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 407 PM AKST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 6 INCHES. * FREEZING RAIN...ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE ZONE. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR AT THE ONSET AND END OF THE BAND OF SNOW. NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE HALF OR LESS AT TIMES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS FROM SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ AKZ152-291415- /X.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0010.121229T0600Z-121229T1500Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 407 PM AKST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
098 WWAK42 PAFC 290130 CCA WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 424 PM AKST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW AND WIND TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH INTO BRISTOL BAY TONIGHT...THEN INLAND OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA SATURDAY MORNING. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN WILL PRECEDE THE LOW AND BRING A QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES FROM THE WESTERN CAPES TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW PASSES THROUGH...GUSTY WINDS AND NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL BE COMMON...AGAIN FROM THE WESTERN CAPES OF BRISTOL BAY NORTH THROUGH THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA. FARTHER INLAND...LIGHTER SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. AKZ155-291445- /X.COR.PAFC.WS.W.0004.121229T0600Z-121230T0100Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 424 PM AKST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AKST SATURDAY. * SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 6 INCHES. * FREEZING RAIN...ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING SOUTH 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE MORNING. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN REDUCED AGAIN IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE ZONE. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR AT THE ONSET AND END OF THE BAND OF SNOW. NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE HALF OR LESS AT TIMES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS FROM SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ AKZ152-291445- /X.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0010.121229T0600Z-121229T1500Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 424 PM AKST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. && $$
230 WWAK42 PAFC 290256 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 556 PM AKST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW AND WIND TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH INTO BRISTOL BAY TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING INLAND OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA SATURDAY MORNING. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN WILL PRECEDE THE LOW AND BRING A QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES FROM THE WESTERN CAPES TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW PASSES THROUGH...GUSTY WINDS AND NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL BE COMMON...AGAIN FROM THE WESTERN CAPES OF BRISTOL BAY NORTH THROUGH THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA. FARTHER INLAND...LIGHTER SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. AKZ155-291600- /X.CON.PAFC.WS.W.0004.121229T0600Z-121230T0100Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 556 PM AKST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW FREEZING RAIN AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 6 INCHES. * FREEZING RAIN...ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING SOUTH 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE MORNING. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN REDUCED AGAIN IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE ZONE. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR AT THE ONSET AND END OF THE BAND OF SNOW. NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE HALF OR LESS AT TIMES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS FROM SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ AKZ152-291500- /X.CON.PAFC.ZR.Y.0010.121229T0600Z-121229T1500Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 556 PM AKST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. && $$
760 WWAK42 PAFC 291345 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 445 AM AKST SAT DEC 29 2012 AKZ155-300100- /X.CAN.PAFC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121230T0100Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.ZR.Y.0011.121229T1345Z-121230T0100Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 445 AM AKST SAT DEC 29 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ICE ACCUMULATION...ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AKZ152-291445- /X.CAN.PAFC.ZR.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121229T1500Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 445 AM AKST SAT DEC 29 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. ISOLATED AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:07 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFC | 13 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:30 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 62 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 62 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:45 AM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Dec 29, 6:43 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 9 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.