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Winter Storm Warning 28, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 12, 2015

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2015, 8:50 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 13, 2015, 12:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 37 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 12, 2015, 8:50 PM AKST (05:50 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 13, 2015, 12:00 PM AKST
Expired: Dec 15, 2015, 1:24 AM AKST
In force: 37 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 Dec 12, 1:17 PM AKST, 7 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 1:17 PM AKST, 7 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 12, 5:40 PM AKST, 3 hours 10 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
Dec 12, 4:26 PM AKST	Blizzard Watch	AFG	18 hr
Dec 13, 3:53 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	4 days
Dec 13, 3:59 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	3 days
Dec 13, 3:59 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	3 days
Dec 13, 3:59 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	3 days
Dec 13, 10:06 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	57 hr

Nearby

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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.