717  
WWAK41 PAFG 240621  
WSWNSB  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK  
921 PM AKST MON FEB 23 2026  
 
AKZ804-805-808>810-242100-  
/O.CON.PAFG.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-260224T2100Z/  
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-CENTRAL  
ARCTIC PLAINS-CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE-ROMANZOF MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PRUDHOE BAY, NUIQSUT, DEADHORSE,  
ANAKTUVUK PASS, THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 322 TO MP 387,  
GALBRAITH LAKE, POINT THOMSON, SAGWON, HEADWATERS OF THE CANNING  
RIVER, KAKTOVIK, KUPARUK, THE DALTON HIGHWAY NORTH OF MP 387, THE  
DALTON HIGHWAY FROM MP 232 TO MP 322, ALPINE, FLAXMAN ISLAND,  
ATIGUN PASS, AND FRANKLIN BLUFFS  
921 PM AKST MON FEB 23 2026  
   
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TUESDAY  
 
* WHAT...PERIODS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. WINDS GUSTING AS  
HIGH AS 40 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...CENTRAL ARCTIC PLAINS, CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST, CENTRAL  
BROOKS RANGE, EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST, AND ROMANZOF MOUNTAINS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON AKST TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW  
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN  
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV OR CALL 5  
1 1 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
 
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