Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Apr 11, 2013, 4:03 AM AKDT. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 11, 2013, 4:03 AM AKDT (12:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2013, 4:16 AM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
319 WWAK41 PAFG 111203 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 403 AM AKDT THU APR 11 2013 AKZ204-120100- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130412T2000Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0022.130411T1203Z-130412T2000Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 403 AM AKDT THU APR 11 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT FRIDAY. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WEST TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
008 WWAK41 PAFG 112221 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 221 PM AKDT THU APR 11 2013 AKZ204-121400- /X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130412T2000Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 221 PM AKDT THU APR 11 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT FRIDAY. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WEST TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ206-121400- /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0063.130411T2221Z-130412T1400Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 221 PM AKDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILL...TO 50 BELOW OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN LOW OVERNIGHT WHILE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 50 BELOW. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE EARLY FRI MORNING AS WEST WINDS 30 MPH BEGIN TO DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ JL APR 13
930 WWAK41 PAFG 121208 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 408 AM AKDT FRI APR 12 2013 AKZ204-122015- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130412T2000Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0064.130412T1208Z-130412T2100Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 408 AM AKDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND 1/2 MILE OR LESS THIS MORNING. * WINDS...WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ206-121315- /X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0063.000000T0000Z-130412T1400Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 408 AM AKDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$
973 WWAK41 PAFG 121217 CCA WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 416 AM AKDT FRI APR 12 2013 AKZ204-122045- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130412T2000Z/ /X.COR.PAFG.WW.Y.0064.130412T1216Z-130412T2100Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 416 AM AKDT FRI APR 12 2013 CORRECTED WORDING ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS THIS MORNING. * WINDS...WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ206-121330- /X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0063.000000T0000Z-130412T1400Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 416 AM AKDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Apr 10, 1:25 PM AKDT, 14 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 1:25 PM AKDT, 14 hours 38 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 125 PM AKDT WED APR 10 2013 .DISCUSSION... A 986 MB LOW CENTERED NEAR THE NICHOLSON PENINSULA IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO ABOUT 100 MILES WEST OF MOULD BAY ON BANKS ISLAND BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WEAKENING TO 994 MB BUT STILL REMAINING A MODERATELY STRONG SYSTEM. THE NAM/ECMWF CONSENSUS IS PREFERRED HERE...THE GFS TAKES THE LOW CENTER ABOUT 200 MILES FARTHER TO THE NORTH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER ZONE 204 AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON FRIDAY. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE CONTINUING ALONG THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST NORTHWEST OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN...MODEL WIND FORECASTS INDICATE SLOWLY DECREASING WINDS TONIGHT. THE END OF THIS EVENT IS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED...BUT WE WILL EXTEND THE BLIZZARD WARNING TO 7 PM THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR TONIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER ZONES 203-204-206 AND PARTS OF ZONES 202-205 TONIGHT... AND OVER ZONES 203-204-206 THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN ZONE 204...LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 3-4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN EASTERN ZONE 206. THE VERY COLD UPPER TROUGH DOMINATING THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND WILL BE PUSHED EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST CANADA BY FRIDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE BERING SEA. TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE SOME OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR OVER THE WEEKEND BUT REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. THIS SHOULD GET SOUTHERN INTERIOR HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S BY SUNDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... NONE. && .HYDROLOGY... NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204-AKZ207. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ208. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ235. && RF APR 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:57 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Apr 11, 2:21 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 14 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.