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Winter Weather Advisory 4, NWS Juneau, AK

January 6, 2021

NWS Juneau, AK issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 6, 2021, 3:16 PM AKST. It took effect at Jan 7, 2021, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 6, 2021, 3:16 PM AKST (00:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 7, 2021, 9:00 AM AKST
Expired: Jan 8, 2021, 5:12 AM AKST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Juneau, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Jan 6, 7:00 AM AKST, 8 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 7:00 AM AKST, 8 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 6, 11:59 AM AKST, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1159 AM AKST WED JAN 6 2021

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

0600 PM     HEAVY SNOW       4 W KLUKWAN             59.40N 136.00W
01/05/2021  M9.5 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SNOW AMOUNT FOR LAST 24 HOURS. 13 INCHES RECEIVED OVER
            LAST 72 HOURS. CHANGED TO RAIN AT 1830AKST.

0700 AM     HEAVY SNOW       40 NW HAINES            59.64N 136.26W
01/06/2021  M12.0 INCH       XXX                XX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            12 INCHES LAST 24 HOURS. 20.5 INCHES LAST 48 HOURS.

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BLINSTID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 6, 3:35 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	48 hr
Jan 7, 4:15 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	11 hr
Jan 7, 9:30 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	19 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.