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Gale Warning 128, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 3, 2020

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 3, 2020, 3:40 AM AKST. It was in force for 25 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 3, 2020, 3:40 AM AKST (12:40 UTC)
Expired: Dec 4, 2020, 4:45 AM AKST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, 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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Dec 2, 3:44 PM AKST, 11 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 3:44 PM AKST, 11 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 3, 3:26 AM AKST, 14 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 2, 3:24 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	72 hr
Dec 2, 3:25 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	12 hr
Dec 2, 3:35 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	71 hr
Dec 2, 3:35 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	63 hr
Dec 3, 3:42 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Dec 3, 3:42 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	49 hr
Dec 3, 3:47 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Dec 3, 3:47 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	36 hr
Dec 3, 9:03 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	11 hr
Dec 3, 2:54 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	5 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2020 Every gale warning 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.