Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings in 2025
Blizzard Warning 21, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 4, 2025, 1:09 PM AKST for North Slope Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Mar 5, 2025, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 4, 2025, 1:09 PM AKST (22:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2025, 6:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2025, 6:31 AM AKST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
County North Slope Borough, AK
The nearest sounding before it
Point Barrow, (PBRW), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 288 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
061 WWAK41 PAFG 042209 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 109 PM AKST Tue Mar 4 2025 AKZ805-051600- /O.UPG.PAFG.WS.A.0021.250305T1500Z-250307T0000Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0021.250305T1500Z-250307T0000Z/ Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast- Including Kaktovik, Flaxman Island, and Point Thomson 109 PM AKST Tue Mar 4 2025 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph. * WHERE...Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast. * WHEN...From 6 AM Wednesday to 3 PM AKST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions, making travel extremely difficult. The latest road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. && $$
4 follow-up statements
773 WWAK41 PAFG 051008 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 108 AM AKST Wed Mar 5 2025 AKZ805-060200- /O.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0021.250305T1500Z-250307T0000Z/ Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast- Including Kaktovik, Flaxman Island, and Point Thomson 108 AM AKST Wed Mar 5 2025 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Visibility reduced to whiteout conditions at times. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph. * WHERE...Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast. * WHEN...From 6 AM this morning to 3 PM AKST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions, making travel extremely difficult. && $$
867 WWAK41 PAFG 052157 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 1257 PM AKST Wed Mar 5 2025 AKZ805-061600- /O.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250307T0000Z/ Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast- Including Kaktovik, Flaxman Island, and Point Thomson 1257 PM AKST Wed Mar 5 2025 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Visibility reduced to whiteout conditions at times. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph. * WHERE...Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast. * WHEN...Until 3 PM AKST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. *ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Conditions will deteriorate tonight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions, making travel extremely difficult. The latest road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. && $$
305 WWAK41 PAFG 061003 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 103 AM AKST Thu Mar 6 2025 AKZ805-070000- /O.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250307T0000Z/ Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast- Including Kaktovik, Flaxman Island, and Point Thomson 103 AM AKST Thu Mar 6 2025 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions. Whiteout conditions at times. East winds gusting as high as 55 mph. * WHERE...Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast. * WHEN...Until 3 PM AKST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions, making travel extremely difficult. && $$ AKZ801-070200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0048.250306T1003Z-250307T0200Z/ Western Arctic Coast- Including Point Hope, Point Lay, and Cape Lisburne 103 AM AKST Thu Mar 6 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Blowing Snow. Visibility reduced to a half mile or less. North winds gusting as high as 40 mph. * WHERE...Point Hope. * WHEN...Until 5 PM AKST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling. && $$
202 WWAK41 PAFG 061531 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 631 AM AKST Thu Mar 6 2025 AKZ805-061645- /O.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250307T0000Z/ Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast- Including Kaktovik, Flaxman Island, and Point Thomson 631 AM AKST Thu Mar 6 2025 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$ AKZ801-070200- /O.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-250307T0200Z/ Western Arctic Coast- Including Point Hope, Point Lay, and Cape Lisburne 631 AM AKST Thu Mar 6 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Blowing Snow. Visibility reduced to a half mile or less. North winds gusting as high as 40 mph. * WHERE...Point Hope. * WHEN...Until 5 PM AKST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 12:43 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 46 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:45 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Mar 4, 3:46 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 6 days | |
| Mar 4, 3:46 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 3 days |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.