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Winter Storm Warning 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK

September 28, 2015

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Sep 28, 2015, 1:25 PM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 28, 2015, 9:22 PM AKDT. It was in force for 41 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: Sep 28, 2015, 1:25 PM AKDT (21:25 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 28, 2015, 9:22 PM AKDT
Expired: Sep 30, 2015, 2:10 PM AKDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Sep 28, 6:38 AM AKDT, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 6:38 AM AKDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 28, 8:47 AM AKDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
847 AM AKDT MON SEP 28 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 AM     HEAVY SNOW       SHUNGNAK                66.88N 157.16W
09/28/2015  E6.0 INCH                           AK   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED 6 - 8 INCHES

&&

PWEIMER

Local storm report, Sep 28, 9:32 AM AKDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
932 AM AKDT MON SEP 28 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0931 AM     HEAVY SNOW       AMBLER                  67.08N 157.92W
09/28/2015  E4.0 INCH                           AK   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED 4 - 6 INCHES

&&

PWEIMER

Local storm report, Sep 28, 10:16 AM AKDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1016 AM AKDT MON SEP 28 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LAKE MINCHUMINA         63.87N 152.41W
09/28/2015  M0.77 INCH                          AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

PWEIMER

Local storm report, Sep 28, 10:20 AM AKDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1020 AM AKDT MON SEP 28 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1016 AM     HEAVY SNOW       CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP   68.06N 149.58W
09/28/2015  E3.0 INCH                           AK   OTHER FEDERAL

            ESTIMATED 3 - 4 INCHES AT ATIGUN PASS AS REPORTED BY
            PERSONNEL

&&

PWEIMER

Local storm report, Sep 28, 11:23 AM AKDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1123 AM AKDT MON SEP 28 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1109 AM     HEAVY SNOW       47 SSW CHANDALAR D.O.T. 67.40N 150.11W
09/28/2015  M3.0 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            WATER CONTENT 0.30 INCHES

&&

PWEIMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 28, 1:59 AM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	48 hr
Sep 28, 2:09 AM AKDT	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	11 hr
Sep 28, 2:56 AM AKDT	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	10 hr
Sep 28, 12:46 PM AKDT	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	38 hr
Sep 28, 2:29 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	3 days

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Sources

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