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Gale Warning 181, NWS Anchorage, AK

February 25, 2023

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 25, 2023, 3:55 PM AKST. It was in force for 12 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 25, 2023, 3:55 PM AKST (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 2023, 4:11 AM AKST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, 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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Feb 25, 5:33 AM AKST, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 5:33 AM AKST, 10 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 25, 12:45 PM AKST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 25, 2:43 PM AKST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 25, 3:37 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Feb 25, 3:37 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	61 hr
Feb 25, 3:37 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	8 days
Feb 25, 3:55 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
Feb 25, 11:39 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	33 hr
Feb 26, 3:48 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	48 hr
Feb 26, 3:48 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	37 hr
Feb 26, 3:59 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Feb 26, 3:59 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr
Feb 26, 4:11 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	4 days
Feb 26, 4:11 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	23 hr
Feb 26, 4:11 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	4 days
Feb 26, 5:11 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	10 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2023 Every gale warning in 2023

Sources

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