Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Jan 5, 2014, 3:47 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 5, 2014, 12:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 26 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 5, 2014, 3:47 AM AKST (12:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2014, 12:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 2:06 PM AKST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
659 WWAK41 PAFG 051247 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 347 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 AKZ204-060100- /O.UPG.PAFG.WW.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-140106T1500Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0001.140105T2100Z-140106T2100Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 347 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON AKST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON AKST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING 50 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GUST THE STRONGEST TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE 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. && $$ AKZ203-060100- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-140106T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 347 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND STAY STRONG TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE MONDAY MORNING AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ JL JAN 14
5 follow-up statements
607 WWAK41 PAFG 052312 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 212 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 AKZ204-061500- /O.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T2100Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 212 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST MONDAY. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING 50 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND WILL BECOME WORSE MONDAY MORNING AS FALLING SNOW ARRIVES. WINDS WILL GUST THE STRONGEST TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE 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. && $$ AKZ203-061500- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-140106T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 212 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY EAST OF KUPARUK... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. * LOCATION...EAST OF KUPARUK. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE MONDAY MORNING AS WINDS DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
761 WWAK41 PAFG 060102 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 402 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 AKZ204-061500- /O.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T2100Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 402 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST MONDAY. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING 50 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND WILL BECOME WORSE MONDAY MORNING AS FALLING SNOW ARRIVES. WINDS WILL GUST THE STRONGEST TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE 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. && $$ AKZ203-061500- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-140106T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 402 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY FROM DEADHORSE EAST... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. * LOCATION...FROM DEADHORSE EAST. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE MONDAY MORNING AS WINDS DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
284 WWAK41 PAFG 061258 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 358 AM AKST MON JAN 6 2014 AKZ203-061400- /O.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-140106T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 358 AM AKST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ AKZ204-062100- /O.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T2100Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 358 AM AKST MON JAN 6 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING ALLOWING VISIBILITIES TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY NOON. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ JL JAN 14
206 WWAK41 PAFG 062036 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1136 AM AKST MON JAN 6 2014 AKZ204-070100- /O.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T0100Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 1136 AM AKST MON JAN 6 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...EAST GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING VISIBILITIES TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY 4 PM. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE 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. && $$
204 WWAK41 PAFG 062306 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 206 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2014 AKZ204-070015- /O.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T0100Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 206 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$
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 Jan 4, 4:18 PM AKST, 11 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 4:18 PM AKST, 11 hours 29 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 418 PM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 .DISCUSSION... THE 973 MB LOW SOUTH OF COLD BAY WILL MOVE CYCLONICALLY NORTHWEST TO BE NEAR SAINT PAUL AT 9AM SUNDAY...THEN BEGIN TO FILL AS IT CONTINUES NORTHWEST. THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW LIES FROM DILLINGHAM TO SPARREVOHN TO HOMER. IT WILL CONTINUE OVER MAINLAND ALASKA TO LIE FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND EAST NORTHEAST OVER THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE AT 3PM SUNDAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221- AKZ222. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ235- PKZ240. && DJH JAN 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 3:40 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 19 hr | |
| Jan 5, 4:07 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Jan 5, 12:16 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 28 hr | |
| Jan 5, 2:44 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 13 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.