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Winter Storm Warning 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 15, 2019

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2019, 8:48 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 15, 2019, 12:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 36 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: Feb 15, 2019, 8:48 AM AKST (17:48 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 15, 2019, 12:00 PM AKST
Expired: Feb 17, 2019, 12:00 AM AKST
In force: 36 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 Feb 15, 6:56 AM AKST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 6:56 AM AKST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 15, 8:30 AM AKST, 18 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
Feb 14, 8:58 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	27 hr
Feb 15, 4:17 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	44 hr
Feb 15, 5:44 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	25 hr
Feb 15, 5:48 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	24 hr
Feb 15, 8:48 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	26 hr
Feb 15, 2:24 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	16 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Alaska, 2019 Every winter storm warning in 2019

Sources

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