Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2020
Blizzard Warning 13, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Apr 2, 2020, 2:38 PM AKDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2020, 2:38 PM AKDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2020, 12:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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377 WWAK42 PAFG 022238 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 238 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 AKZ213-030800- /O.UPG.PAFG.WW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-200403T0800Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0013.200402T2238Z-200403T0800Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 238 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions occurring. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. * WHERE...St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Until midnight. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause whiteout conditions in blowing snow. Significant drifting of the snow is likely. 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 whiteout conditions, making travel extremely difficult. $$ AKZ214-030800- /O.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0059.200402T2238Z-200403T0800Z/ Yukon Delta- Including Mountain Village, Emmonak, Alakanuk, Kotlik, Pilot Station, St Marys, Scammon Bay, Marshall, Nunam Iqua, and Pitkas Point 238 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Snow and blowing snow occurring. Plan on slippery road conditions. In addition, areas of poor visibility are expected. Additional snow accumulations of up to one inch are expected. * WHERE...Yukon Delta. * WHEN...Until midnight. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow reducing the visibility to one half mile or less at times. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Weather Advisory for snow and blowing snow means periods of snow and blowing snow will cause travel difficulties. $$ AKZ207-030800- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200404T0800Z-200406T0200Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 238 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast, mainly north of Cape Krusenstern. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Sunday afternoon. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 45 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. 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. $$ AKZ210-030800- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200403T2100Z-200405T1400Z/ Northern and Interior Seward Peninsula- Including Buckland, Deering, Candle, Council, Haycock, Pilgrim Springs, Serpentine Hot Springs, and Taylor 238 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 12 inches possible. * WHERE...South of Buckland. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through late Saturday night. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Significant reductions in visibility are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ208-030800- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200404T0800Z-200406T0800Z/ Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Noatak, Kiana, and Red Dog Mine 238 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 10 to 15 inches, with localized amounts up to 20 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Sunday evening. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. 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. $$ AKZ211-030800- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200403T2100Z-200405T1400Z/ Southern Seward Peninsula Coast- Including Nome, White Mountain, and Golovin 238 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 9 to 14 inches possible. * WHERE...Southern Seward Peninsula Coast. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through late Saturday night. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Snow may mix with rain or freezing rain at times. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ212-030800- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200403T2100Z-200405T1400Z/ Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills- Including Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk, and Shaktoolik 238 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 9 inches are possible. * WHERE...Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through late Saturday night. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow may mix with rain or freezing rain at times. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. 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. $$ AKZ217-030800- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200404T0800Z-200406T0800Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 238 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 12 inches, with localized amounts up to 20 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Sunday evening. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Significant reductions in visibility are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$
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041 WWAK42 PAFG 030751 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 1151 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 AKZ213-030900- /O.EXP.PAFG.BZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200403T0800Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 1151 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... Conditions have improved. $$ AKZ214-030900- /O.EXP.PAFG.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-200403T0800Z/ Yukon Delta- Including Mountain Village, Emmonak, Alakanuk, Kotlik, Pilot Station, St Marys, Scammon Bay, Marshall, Nunam Iqua, and Pitkas Point 1151 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... Conditions have improved. $$ AKZ207-031400- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200404T0800Z-200406T0200Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 1151 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast, mainly north of Cape Krusenstern. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Sunday afternoon. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 45 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. 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. $$ AKZ210-031400- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200403T2100Z-200405T1400Z/ Northern and Interior Seward Peninsula- Including Buckland, Deering, Candle, Council, Haycock, Pilgrim Springs, Serpentine Hot Springs, and Taylor 1151 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 12 inches possible. * WHERE...South of Buckland. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through late Saturday night. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Significant reductions in visibility are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ208-031400- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200404T0800Z-200406T0800Z/ Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Noatak, Kiana, and Red Dog Mine 1151 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 10 to 15 inches, with localized amounts up to 20 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Sunday evening. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. 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. $$ AKZ211-031400- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200403T2100Z-200405T1400Z/ Southern Seward Peninsula Coast- Including Nome, White Mountain, and Golovin 1151 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 9 to 14 inches possible. * WHERE...Southern Seward Peninsula Coast. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through late Saturday night. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. Snow may mix with rain or freezing rain at times. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$ AKZ212-031400- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200403T2100Z-200405T1400Z/ Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills- Including Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk, and Shaktoolik 1151 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 9 inches are possible. * WHERE...Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through late Saturday night. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow may mix with rain or freezing rain at times. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph will cause areas of blowing and drifting snow. 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. $$ AKZ217-031400- /O.CON.PAFG.WS.A.0012.200404T0800Z-200406T0800Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 1151 PM AKDT Thu Apr 2 2020 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 12 inches, with localized amounts up to 20 inches, are possible. * WHERE...Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Sunday evening. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Significant reductions in visibility are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2:28 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Apr 2, 1:16 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 82 min | |
| Apr 2, 2:04 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Apr 2, 2:38 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 9 hr |
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