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Gale Warning 176, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 7, 2023

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 7, 2023, 1:38 PM AKST. It was in force for 38 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 7, 2023, 1:38 PM AKST (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2023, 3:11 AM AKST
In force: 38 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 7, 4:28 AM AKST, 9 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 4:28 AM AKST, 9 hours 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 6, 3:10 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		13 hr
Dec 6, 3:10 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		37 hr
Dec 6, 3:17 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		13 hr
Dec 6, 3:17 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		71 hr
Dec 7, 2:50 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area	60 hr
Dec 7, 4:13 AM AKST	Wind Advisory	AFG	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	20 hr
Dec 7, 4:26 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		35 hr
Dec 7, 4:26 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		9 hr
Dec 7, 4:26 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		35 hr
Dec 7, 4:26 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		24 hr
Dec 7, 4:26 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		9 hr
Dec 7, 4:27 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		24 hr
Dec 7, 1:34 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		15 hr
Dec 7, 1:34 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		26 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.