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Gale Warning 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 23, 2008

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 23, 2008, 8:23 AM AKST. It was in force for 46 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: Jan 23, 2008, 8:23 AM AKST (17:23 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2008, 6:45 AM AKST
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, 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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Jan 23, 12:18 AM AKST, 8 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 12:18 AM AKST, 8 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 23, 2:54 AM AKST, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 23, 5:44 AM AKST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 23, 8:15 AM AKST, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 22, 10:02 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	57 hr
Jan 22, 10:02 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFG	10 hr
Jan 22, 11:32 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	13 hr
Jan 23, 4:46 AM AKST	Snow Advisory	AFG	14 hr
Jan 23, 8:20 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	15 hr
Jan 23, 8:20 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	15 hr
Jan 23, 8:23 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	46 hr
Jan 23, 9:11 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	19 hr
Jan 23, 2:03 PM AKST	Blowing Snow Advisory	AFG	30 hr
Jan 23, 2:03 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	30 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2008 Every 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.