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Small Craft Advisory 170, NWS Anchorage, AK

February 19, 2020

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Feb 19, 2020, 3:09 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2020, 3:09 PM AKST (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2020, 3:35 PM AKST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Feb 19, 5:05 AM AKST, 10 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 5:05 AM AKST, 10 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 19, 9:49 AM AKST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
949 AM AKST WED FEB 19 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0949 AM     SNOW             EAGLE RIVER NATURE CENT 61.24N 149.27W
02/19/2020  E22.5 INCH       ANCHORAGE          AK   PUBLIC

            SPOTTER REPORTED 22.5 INCHES OF SNOW.

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MV

Local storm report, Feb 19, 11:13 AM AKST, 3 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1113 AM AKST WED FEB 19 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1108 AM     SNOW             7 SE EAGLE RIVER        61.24N 149.44W
02/19/2020  M9.2 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            9.2 INCHES OF SNOW FROM 6 AM TUESDAY THROUGH 11 AM
            WEDNESDAY. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY

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BLUDWIG

Local storm report, Feb 19, 11:39 AM AKST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 19, 11:46 AM AKST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 19, 11:48 AM AKST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 19, 12:34 PM AKST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 19, 3:09 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	13 hr
Feb 19, 3:09 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	4 days
Feb 19, 3:35 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
Feb 19, 3:35 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	24 hr
Feb 19, 3:40 PM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFC	13 hr
Feb 20, 3:46 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr
Feb 20, 3:50 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	72 hr
Feb 20, 3:50 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	48 hr
Feb 20, 4:10 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	3 days
Feb 20, 4:10 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	3 days
Feb 20, 4:34 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFC	5 hr
Feb 20, 9:07 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	78 min
Feb 20, 10:25 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFC	26 hr

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Sources

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