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Gale Warning 1000, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 24, 2009

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 24, 2009, 4:45 PM AKST. It was in force for 5 days. 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 24, 2009, 4:45 PM AKST (01:45 UTC)
Expired: Dec 29, 2009, 4:00 PM AKST
In force: 5 days
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 24, 1:30 PM AKST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 1:30 PM AKST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 24, 3:56 PM AKST	Freezing Rain Advisory	AFC	5 hr
Dec 24, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Dec 24, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	60 hr
Dec 24, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	5 days
Dec 24, 4:45 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	13 hr
Dec 24, 4:45 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	13 hr
Dec 25, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Dec 25, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	48 hr
Dec 25, 7:15 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	21 hr
Dec 25, 10:20 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	6 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2009 Every gale warning in 2009

Sources

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