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Blizzard Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 16, 2023

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Feb 16, 2023, 3:40 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 16, 2023, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 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 16, 2023, 3:40 AM AKST (12:40 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 16, 2023, 3:00 PM AKST
Expired: Feb 17, 2023, 2:54 PM AKST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Feb 15, 3:22 PM AKST, 12 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 3:22 PM AKST, 12 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 16, 3:40 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	48 hr
Feb 16, 3:54 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	34 hr
Feb 16, 3:54 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	49 hr
Feb 16, 2:37 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	61 hr
Feb 16, 2:42 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	61 hr
Feb 16, 2:42 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	14 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2023 Every blizzard warning in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.