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Winter Storm Warning 33, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 15, 2020

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Nov 15, 2020, 1:46 PM AKST. It took effect at Nov 15, 2020, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 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: Nov 15, 2020, 1:46 PM AKST (22:46 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 15, 2020, 6:00 PM AKST
Expired: Nov 16, 2020, 6:00 PM AKST
In force: 24 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 Nov 15, 1:46 PM AKST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 1:46 PM AKST, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 1:45 PM AKST, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 15, 2:55 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	45 hr
Nov 15, 2:55 AM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	11 hr
Nov 15, 5:09 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	23 hr
Nov 15, 5:09 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	33 hr
Nov 15, 5:09 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	23 hr
Nov 15, 1:46 PM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	43 hr

Nearby

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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.