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Gale Warning 102, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 12, 2013

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 12, 2013, 1:50 PM AKST. It was in force for 38 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: Nov 12, 2013, 1:50 PM AKST (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2013, 3:43 AM AKST
In force: 38 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 Nov 12, 5:19 AM AKST, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 5:19 AM AKST, 8 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 12, 9:10 AM AKST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 12, 12:48 PM AKST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 12, 1:08 PM AKST, 42 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
Nov 11, 8:12 PM AKST	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Nov 12, 4:15 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	66 hr
Nov 12, 4:33 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	9 hr
Nov 12, 4:34 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	23 hr
Nov 12, 4:34 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	9 hr
Nov 12, 4:42 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	65 hr
Nov 12, 5:10 AM AKST	Coastal Flood Watch	AFG	21 hr
Nov 12, 5:43 AM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	16 hr
Nov 12, 1:50 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	14 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2013 Every gale warning in 2013

Sources

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