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Blizzard Warning 19, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 21, 2019

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 21, 2019, 1:15 PM AKDT. It took effect at Mar 22, 2019, 6:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 20 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: Mar 21, 2019, 1:15 PM AKDT (21:15 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 22, 2019, 6:00 AM AKDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2019, 1:50 AM AKDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

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 Mar 21, 2:57 AM AKDT, 10 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 2:57 AM AKDT, 10 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 20, 8:37 PM AKDT	Blizzard Warning	AFG	5 hr
Mar 21, 1:47 AM AKDT	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	11 hr
Mar 21, 2:08 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Mar 21, 2:12 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Mar 21, 1:15 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	37 hr
Mar 21, 2:16 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG	47 hr
Mar 21, 2:22 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG	12 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2019 Every blizzard warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.