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Winter Storm Watch 12, NWS Juneau, AK

November 16, 2021

NWS Juneau, AK issued this winter storm watch at Nov 16, 2021, 3:27 PM AKST. It took effect at Nov 17, 2021, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 16, 2021, 3:27 PM AKST (00:27 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 17, 2021, 3:00 PM AKST
Expired: Nov 17, 2021, 5:58 AM AKST
In force
Issued by: NWS Juneau, AK

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 Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Nov 16, 6:44 AM AKST, 8 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 6:44 AM AKST, 8 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 16, 11:26 AM AKST, 4 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1126 AM AKST TUE NOV 16 2021

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

1120 AM     SNOW             YAKUTAT                 59.55N 139.73W
11/16/2021  M6.0 INCH        YAKUTAT            AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            AS OF 11:20AM, 6" OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT THE
            WSO.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 16, 1:22 PM AKST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
122 PM AKST TUE NOV 16 2021

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

0118 PM     SNOW             8 SSE HAINES            59.13N 135.36W
11/16/2021  M7.0 INCH        HAINES             AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER 19-4 REPORTS 7" AS OF 12:30PM. WIND
            SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH, TEMP ROSE 5 DEGREES IN
            ABOUT 30 MINUTES. STILL SNOWING BUT MUCH
            WETTER NOW.

0119 PM     SNOW             HAINES                  59.23N 135.45W
11/16/2021  M7.0 INCH        HAINES             AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER 19-15, "WE RECEIVED 7" OF SNOW SO
            FAR IN HAINES. THE SNOW IS STILL COMING DOWN
            HEAVY WITH LITTLE VISIBILITY.".

&&

Local storm report, Nov 16, 2:46 PM AKST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
246 PM AKST TUE NOV 16 2021

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

0230 PM     SNOW             HAINES                  59.24N 135.45W
11/16/2021  M6.7 INCH        HAINES             AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ADDITIONAL 6.7 IN SINCE 0800. RAIN NOW
            MIXING IN. TEMP 32 F, WIND CALM.

&&

PRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 16, 3:27 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	13 hr
Nov 16, 3:27 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AJK	54 hr
Nov 16, 3:28 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	61 hr
Nov 17, 3:51 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	60 hr
Nov 17, 4:14 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	23 hr
Nov 17, 5:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	10 hr

Nearby

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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.