Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 6, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this blizzard warning at Feb 7, 2014, 1:30 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
- Feb 7, 2014, 1:30 PM AKST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2014, 9:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136 WWAK41 PAFC 072230 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 130 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 AKZ125-072330- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140208T0400Z/ WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD... MOOSE PASS 130 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. THIS HAS RESULTED IN IMPROVING VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ AKZ121-080300- /X.NEW.PAFC.BZ.W.0006.140207T2230Z-140208T0300Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 130 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING ALONG KACHEMAK BAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALONG KACHEMAK BAY INCLUDING HOMER AND SELDOVIA. * SNOW...2 TO 5 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE BEING OBSERVED IN THE KACHEMAK BAY AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS LEADING TO IMPROVING VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ171-081130- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140208T1400Z/ KODIAK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY 130 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...4 TO 9 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WIND...NORTH TO EAST 20 TO 45 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
4 follow-up statements
762 WWAK41 PAFC 080052 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 352 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 AKZ121-080300- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140208T0300Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 352 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING ALONG KACHEMAK BAY... * LOCATION...ALONG KACHEMAK BAY INCLUDING HOMER AND SELDOVIA. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE KACHEMAK BAY AREA WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WIND AND SNOWFALL WILL THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ171-081400- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140208T1400Z/ KODIAK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY 352 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WIND...NORTH TO EAST 30 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
795 WWAK41 PAFC 080157 CCA WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 456 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 CORRECTED ZONE 171 HEADLINE AKZ121-080300- /X.CON.PAFC.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140208T0300Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 456 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING ALONG KACHEMAK BAY... * LOCATION...ALONG KACHEMAK BAY INCLUDING HOMER AND SELDOVIA. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE KACHEMAK BAY AREA WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WIND AND SNOWFALL WILL THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ171-081400- /X.COR.PAFC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140208T1400Z/ KODIAK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY 456 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WIND...NORTH TO EAST 30 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
286 WWAK41 PAFC 080247 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 547 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 AKZ121-080700- /X.EXT.PAFC.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140208T0700Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 547 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKST THIS EVENING ALONG KACHEMAK BAY... * LOCATION...ALONG KACHEMAK BAY INCLUDING HOMER AND SELDOVIA. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS ON THE HOMER BLUFF AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF KACHEMAK BAY. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...LOW VISIBILITIES IN STEADY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND AND SNOWFALL WILL THEN DIMINISH AND VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL...WIND...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ AKZ171-081400- /X.CON.PAFC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140208T1400Z/ KODIAK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY 547 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY... * SNOW...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WIND...NORTH TO EAST 30 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
604 WWAK41 PAFC 080600 WSWAER URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 900 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 AKZ121-080700- /X.CAN.PAFC.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140208T0700Z/ WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENAI...SOLDOTNA...HOMER... COOPER LANDING 900 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED ALONG KACHEMAK BAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOW INTENSITY IS DIMINISHING AS ARE WINDS AROUND KACHEMAK BAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BUT THE WORST CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. $$ AKZ171-080700- /X.CAN.PAFC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140208T1400Z/ KODIAK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KODIAK CITY 900 PM AKST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WARMER AIR HAS NOSED INTO KODIAK ISLAND WITH SNOW MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN ACROSS MANY AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ JAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 6, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Feb 6, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 6, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 6, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Feb 6, 4:01 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 21 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 days | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:35 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:52 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 11 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.