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Winter Storm Warning 30, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 2, 2019

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Oct 2, 2019, 3:17 PM AKDT. It took effect at Oct 3, 2019, 10:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 50 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 2, 2019, 3:17 PM AKDT (23:17 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 3, 2019, 10:00 PM AKDT
Expired: Oct 5, 2019, 11:52 PM AKDT
In force: 50 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 Oct 2, 5:19 AM AKDT, 9 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 5:19 AM AKDT, 9 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 2, 10:41 AM AKDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 2:10 PM AKDT, 1 hour 7 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
Oct 2, 2:43 AM AKDT	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	12 hr
Oct 2, 2:52 AM AKDT	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	12 hr
Oct 2, 3:52 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	25 hr
Oct 2, 4:03 AM AKDT	Coastal Flood Watch	AFG	11 hr
Oct 2, 2:56 PM AKDT	Coastal Flood Watch	AFG	13 hr
Oct 2, 2:56 PM AKDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AFG	4 days
Oct 2, 2:56 PM AKDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AFG	4 days
Oct 2, 3:03 PM AKDT	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	72 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.