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Blizzard Warning 25, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 9, 2024Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Apr 9, 2024, 4:26 AM AKDT for Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Apr 9, 2024, 8:26 PM AKDT. It was in force for 72 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: Apr 9, 2024, 4:26 AM AKDT (12:26 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 9, 2024, 8:26 PM AKDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2024, 8:20 PM AKDT
In force: 72 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

Counties Kusilvak Census Area, AK, Nome Census Area, AK, Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

The radar

The Nome radar (PAEC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Apr 8, 3:33 PM AKDT, 12 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:33 PM AKDT, 12 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 5:10 PM AKDT	Blizzard Warning	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area	6 hr
Apr 9, 3:34 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		47 hr
Apr 9, 3:36 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		3 days
Apr 9, 4:26 AM AKDT	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	3 days
Apr 9, 4:26 AM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	4 days
Apr 9, 4:28 AM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	47 hr
Apr 9, 4:34 AM AKDT	High Wind Watch	AFG	North Slope	8 hr
Apr 9, 12:26 PM AKDT	High Wind Warning	AFG	North Slope	51 hr
Apr 9, 1:23 PM AKDT	High Wind Warning	AFG	Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	68 hr
Apr 9, 1:23 PM AKDT	Wind Advisory	AFG	Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	63 hr
Apr 9, 2:21 PM AKDT	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	68 hr
Apr 9, 2:40 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		64 hr
Apr 9, 2:40 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.