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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 28, 2020

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this winter storm watch at Jan 28, 2020, 4:10 PM AKST. It took effect at Jan 29, 2020, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2020, 4:10 PM AKST (01:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 29, 2020, 3:00 PM AKST
Expired
Jan 29, 2020, 4:27 AM AKST
In force
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 28, 5:40 AM AKST, 10 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 5:40 AM AKST, 10 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 3:49 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
Jan 28, 11:21 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC17 hr
Jan 29, 3:11 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC60 hr
Jan 29, 3:11 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC13 hr
Jan 29, 3:56 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC5 days
Jan 29, 3:56 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC12 hr
Jan 29, 3:56 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFC12 hr
Jan 29, 4:27 AM AKSTBlizzard WarningAFC24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Alaska, 2020Every winter storm watch in 2020

Sources

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