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Gale Warning 870, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 27, 2008

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 27, 2008, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 60 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
Dec 27, 2008, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Dec 29, 2008, 4:00 PM AKST
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Dec 26, 3:00 PM AKST, 13 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 3:00 PM AKST, 13 hours before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Dec 26, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Dec 26, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC36 hr
Dec 26, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC12 hr
Dec 26, 4:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC5 days
Dec 26, 4:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC5 days
Dec 26, 4:00 PM AKSTStorm WarningAFC24 hr
Dec 27, 4:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Dec 27, 4:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC45 min
Dec 27, 4:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC4 days
Dec 27, 4:45 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC11 hr
Dec 27, 10:22 AM AKSTWind Chill AdvisoryAFC7 days
Dec 27, 1:34 PM AKSTBlizzard WarningAFC31 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2008Every gale warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.