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Winter Storm Watch issued October 20 at 2:37PM AKDT until October 24 at 4:00PM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks AK
Winter Storm Watch · Lower Kobuk Valley; Baldwin Peninsula. Severe; possible; urgency: future.
- Bulletin issued
- 20 October 2026 at 22:37 UTC
- First saved by us
- 20 October 2026 at 22:40 UTC
- Last included in a daily record
- 21 October 2026
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- Source classification
- Severe · Source alert
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- Issuer / area
- NWS Fairbanks AK · Lower Kobuk Valley; Baldwin Peninsula
- Certainty / urgency
- Possible / Future
- Message expiry (not hazard end)
- 22 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC
- Forecast onset / end
- 23 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC / 25 October 2026 at 00:00 UTC
Archived official description
* WHAT...Blowing snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 1 and 3 inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph. Blowing snow could reduce visibility to 1/4 mile or less at times. * WHERE...Baldwin Peninsula and Lower Kobuk Valley. * WHEN...From late Thursday night through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. Visibilities may drop below 1/4 mile due to falling and blowing snow.
Instructions in this archived message
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
The saved record
What changed
0 updates · 1 first record
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First saved record · 20 October 2026 at 22:40 UTC
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First saved record
Our first saved version of Winter Storm Watch issued October 20 at 2:37PM AKDT until October 24 at 4:00PM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks AK. We have no earlier saved version to compare.
Bulletin issued: 20 October 2026 at 22:37 UTC
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