Blizzard Warning
NWS Fairbanks AK ยท US
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Details
Blizzard Warning In Effect From 4 AM Friday To 1 AM AKDT Saturday
- Event
- Blizzard Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Extreme
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 6 inches. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph.
Where
Southern Seward Peninsula Coast.
When
From 4 AM Friday to 1 AM AKDT Saturday.
Impacts
Travel could be very difficult. Strong winds could result in power outages. Visibilities may drop below 1/4 mile due to falling and blowing snow.
Additional details
Snow will change to rain early Saturday morning.
Instructions
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
Affected areas
- Southern Seward Peninsula Coast
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Fairbanks AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~49s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M5GBF869SX24CJ1TZBGQ1Z1T
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d6757d5e5c6b7a96ad50c1bd82ff0d924f03bd30.002.2
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Fairbanks AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAFG
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8038
- WMO heading
- XOAK52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | BZW |
| NationalWeatherService | BZW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | WSWWCZ |
| WMOidentifier | WWAK42 PAFG 212306 |
| NWSheadline | BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM AKDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0034.261023T1200Z-261024T0900Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-24T01:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southern Seward Peninsula Coast
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 002180 |
| UGC | AKZ822 |