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Winter Storm Watch 21, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm watch at Mar 22, 2019, 1:58 PM AKDT. It took effect at Mar 24, 2019, 12:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for .
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- Issued
- Mar 22, 2019, 1:58 PM AKDT (21:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2019, 12:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2019, 12:42 PM AKDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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167 WWAK42 PAFG 222158 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 158 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 AKZ213-230200- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-190323T0200Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 158 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow occurring. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Additional snow accumulations of up to 2 inches are expected. * WHERE...St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Until 6 PM today. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 50 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. The next storm system is expected to arrive from the Central Bering Sea early Sunday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Warning for snow and blowing snow means severe winter weather conditions are occurring. This will make travel very difficult or impossible. $$ AKZ207-231400- /O.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 158 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches with localized amounts up to 7 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast north of Cape Krusenstern. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures at lower elevations near the coast may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ208-231400- /O.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Noatak, Kiana, and Red Dog Mine 158 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches, with localized amounts up to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 30 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures across lower elevations may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ217-231400- /O.NEW.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 158 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches, with localized amounts up to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. Greatest accumulation northwest of Ambler. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 30 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures across lower elevations south of the Brooks Range may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$
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664 WWAK42 PAFG 230146 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 546 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 AKZ213-230300- /O.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-190323T0200Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 546 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$ AKZ207-231400- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 546 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches with localized amounts up to 7 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast north of Cape Krusenstern. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures at lower elevations near the coast may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ208-231400- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Noatak, Kiana, and Red Dog Mine 546 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches, with localized amounts up to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 30 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures across lower elevations may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ217-231400- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 546 PM AKDT Fri Mar 22 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches, with localized amounts up to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. Greatest accumulation northwest of Ambler. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 30 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures across lower elevations south of the Brooks Range may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$
187 WWAK42 PAFG 231136 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 336 AM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 AKZ207-240200- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 336 AM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches with localized amounts up to 7 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast north of Cape Krusenstern. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures at lower elevations near the coast may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ208-240200- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Noatak, Kiana, and Red Dog Mine 336 AM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches, with localized amounts up to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 30 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures across lower elevations may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ217-240200- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 336 AM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches, with localized amounts up to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. Greatest accumulation northwest of Ambler. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 30 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures across lower elevations south of the Brooks Range may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$
052 WWAK42 PAFG 231806 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 1006 AM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 AKZ213-240215- /O.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0073.190323T1806Z-190325T0000Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 1006 AM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Blowing snow occurring, snow expected. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Additional snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches are expected. * WHERE...St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Until 4 PM Sunday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 40 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Weather Advisory for snow and blowing snow means periods of snow and blowing snow will cause travel difficulties. $$ AKZ207-240215- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 1006 AM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches with localized amounts up to 7 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast north of Cape Krusenstern. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures at lower elevations near the coast may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ208-240215- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Noatak, Kiana, and Red Dog Mine 1006 AM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches, with localized amounts up to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 30 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures across lower elevations may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ217-240215- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 1006 AM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches, with localized amounts up to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. Greatest accumulation northwest of Ambler. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 30 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Near freezing temperatures across lower elevations south of the Brooks Range may cause precipitation to become mixed at times. A second storm system is expected to follow in quick succession late Monday into Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$
971 WWAK42 PAFG 232042 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 1242 PM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 AKZ207-232145- /O.CAN.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 1242 PM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... $$ AKZ208-241400- /O.UPG.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.WS.W.0025.190324T1800Z-190325T2000Z/ Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Noatak, Kiana, and Red Dog Mine 1242 PM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO NOON AKDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 5 to 11 inches expected. * WHERE...North of Noatak. * WHEN...10 AM Sunday to noon Monday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Look for significant reductions in visibility at times. In the lower elevations from Noatak south, rain will mix with the snow resulting in much lower snowfall amounts. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Warning for snow means severe winter weather conditions are expected. This will make travel very difficult or impossible. $$ AKZ217-241400- /O.UPG.PAFG.WS.A.0021.190324T2000Z-190325T2000Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.WS.W.0025.190324T1800Z-190325T2000Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 1242 PM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO NOON AKDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 5 to 11 inches expected. * WHERE...North of Ambler. * WHEN...10 AM Sunday to noon Monday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Look for significant reductions in visibility at times. In the lower elevations from Ambler south, rain will mix with the snow resulting in much lower snowfall amounts. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Warning for snow means severe winter weather conditions are expected. This will make travel very difficult or impossible. $$ AKZ213-241400- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0073.000000T0000Z-190325T0000Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 1242 PM AKDT Sat Mar 23 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Blowing snow occurring. Snow expected. Plan on difficult travel conditions. Additional snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches, with localized amounts up to 7 inches, are expected. * WHERE...St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Until 4 PM Sunday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Weather Advisory for snow and blowing snow means periods of snow and blowing snow will cause travel difficulties. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 21, 3:06 PM AKDT, 22 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:06 PM AKDT, 22 hours 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:34 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:34 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Mar 22, 11:08 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 7 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.