Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2021
Blizzard Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Feb 2, 2021, 3:16 PM AKST. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 2, 2021, 3:16 PM AKST (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2021, 9:19 PM AKST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
910 WWAK42 PAFG 030016 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK Issued by National Weather Service Anchorage AK 316 PM AKST Tue Feb 2 2021 AKZ213-030900- /O.EXP.PAFG.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0007.210203T0016Z-210203T0900Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 316 PM AKST Tue Feb 2 2021 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions occurring. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. * WHERE...St Lawrence Island. * WHEN...Until midnight. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds gusting as high as 50 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. $$ AKZ208-209-212-216-217-227-030130- /O.EXP.PAFG.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-210203T0000Z/ Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Baldwin Peninsula and Selawik Valley- Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills- Lower Koyukuk and Middle Yukon Valleys- Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys-Upper Kuskokwim Valley- Including Noatak, Kiana, Red Dog Mine, Kotzebue, Selawik, Noorvik, Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk, Shaktoolik, Galena, Nulato, Huslia, Kaltag, Ruby, Koyukuk, Ambler, Shungnak, Kobuk, McGrath, Nikolai, Takotna, and Farewell Lake 316 PM AKST Tue Feb 2 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Wind chills have moderated. $$
1 follow-up statement
786 WWAK42 PAFG 030619 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 919 PM AKST Tue Feb 2 2021 AKZ213-030730- /O.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210203T0900Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 919 PM AKST Tue Feb 2 2021 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:45 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Feb 2, 4:12 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 43 hr | |
| Feb 2, 4:27 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:04 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 50 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:17 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:32 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:43 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:43 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 49 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.