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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 16, 2020

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2020, 4:13 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 16, 2020, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 72 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
Feb 16, 2020, 4:13 AM AKST (13:13 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2020, 6:00 PM AKST
Expired
Feb 19, 2020, 5:42 PM AKST
In force
72 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 Feb 15, 3:03 PM AKST, 13 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 3:03 PM AKST, 13 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 4:13 AM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG6 days
Feb 16, 11:20 AM AKSTBlizzard WarningAFG4 days
Feb 16, 2:28 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG3 days
Feb 16, 2:38 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFG48 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Alaska, 2020Every winter storm 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.