...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM AKST THURSDAY
THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM AKST THURSDAY.
THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATION...PORTAGE VALLEY AND EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM.

* SNOW...7 TO 14 INCHES.

* VISIBILITY...WILL BE BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING
  SNOW.

* WIND...EAST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE LATE THURSDAY
  MORNING AS WINDS INCREASE AND SNOW INTENSIFIES. VISIBILITIES
  SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE IN THE EVENING AS WINDS DIMINISH.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW
  MAY PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DRIVING MAY BECOME
  VERY DIFFICULT.

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 WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR
ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.