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Blizzard Warning 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 17, 2025Nome Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Feb 17, 2025, 3:30 AM AKST for Nome Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Feb 17, 2025, 3:07 PM AKST. It was in force for 61 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 17, 2025, 3:30 AM AKST (12:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2025, 3:07 PM AKST
Expired
Feb 20, 2025, 3:43 AM AKST
In force
61 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

County Nome Census Area, AK

The radar

The Nome radar (PAEC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 3:17 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area12 hr
Feb 17, 3:30 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area47 hr
Feb 17, 3:50 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG24 hr
Feb 17, 3:51 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG24 hr
Feb 17, 3:51 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG4 days
Feb 17, 3:51 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFG24 hr
Feb 17, 2:30 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG7 days
Feb 17, 2:30 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG4 days

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2025Every blizzard warning in 2025

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.