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Small Craft Advisory 162, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 6, 2020

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Nov 6, 2020, 7:04 AM AKST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 6, 2020, 7:04 AM AKST (16:04 UTC)
Expired: Nov 7, 2020, 2:33 PM AKST
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Nov 6, 7:02 AM AKST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 7:02 AM AKST, 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 6, 5:07 AM AKST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
507 AM AKST Fri Nov 6 2020

AKZ222-062130-
Middle Tanana Valley-
Including Fairbanks, Fort Wainwright, Eielson AFB, Ester,
North Pole, Moose Creek, Two Rivers, Fox, Chatanika,
Chena Hot Springs, and Sourdough Camp
507 AM AKST Fri Nov 6 2020

...Heavy Snow Continues in Fairbanks...

Fairbanks has had 7 inches of snow as of 5am Friday. Heavy snow
will continue through the day today, with lighter snow continuing
tonight and Saturday morning, before ending Saturday afternoon.

Storm total snow fall around Fairbanks will be 12 to 16 inches by
the time the snow ends Saturday morning.

JB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 6, 4:41 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	10 hr
Nov 6, 5:52 AM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	24 hr
Nov 6, 7:04 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	20 hr
Nov 6, 7:04 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	31 hr
Nov 6, 7:04 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	32 hr
Nov 6, 7:04 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	8 hr
Nov 6, 7:05 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	69 hr
Nov 6, 2:50 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	63 hr

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Sources

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