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Gale Warning 566, NWS Anchorage, AK

October 20, 2016

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 20, 2016, 3:34 AM AKDT. It was in force for 72 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: Oct 20, 2016, 3:34 AM AKDT (11:34 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2016, 3:10 AM AKDT
In force: 72 hr
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 Oct 19, 4:06 PM AKDT, 11 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 4:06 PM AKDT, 11 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 2:55 AM AKDT, 39 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
Oct 20, 3:34 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	60 hr
Oct 20, 3:34 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	60 hr
Oct 20, 3:55 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	71 hr
Oct 20, 3:33 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	60 hr
Oct 20, 3:33 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	60 hr
Oct 20, 3:49 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	59 hr
Oct 20, 3:49 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	47 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2016 Every gale warning in 2016

Sources

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