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Gale Warning 62, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 10, 2023

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 10, 2023, 2:42 PM AKDT. It was in force for 15 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
Apr 10, 2023, 2:42 PM AKDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2023, 5:45 AM AKDT
In force
15 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 Apr 10, 2:31 PM AKDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:31 PM AKDT, 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 12:44 PM AKDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
1244 PM AKDT Mon Apr 10 2023

AKZ212-214>216-227-111400-
Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills-Yukon Delta-
Lower Yukon Valley-Lower Koyukuk and Middle Yukon Valleys-
Upper Kuskokwim Valley-
Including Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk,
Shaktoolik, Mountain Village, Emmonak, Alakanuk, Kotlik,
Pilot Station, St Marys, Scammon Bay, Hooper Bay, Marshall,
Nunam Iqua, Pitkas Point, Russian Mission, Grayling, Holy Cross,
Shageluk, Anvik, Flat, Galena, Nulato, Huslia, Kaltag, Ruby,
Koyukuk, McGrath, Nikolai, Takotna, and Farewell Lake
1244 PM AKDT Mon Apr 10 2023

...Snow for the West Coast and Western Interior...
A weather front moving into the YK Delta and southern portions of
the Western Interior will bring another round of snow beginning
late tonight and continuing into Wednesday morning. Expect storm
total snowfall of 2 to 4 inches along the coast south of
Unalakleet and the Lower YK Delta. Expect 3 to 5 inches in the
Lower Yukon Valley. Expect storm total snowfall of 6 to 10 inches
in the Upper Kuskokwim Valley through Wednesday morning.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 12:46 AM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG29 hr
Apr 10, 5:24 AM AKDTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG13 hr
Apr 10, 5:37 AM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG57 hr
Apr 10, 5:44 AM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG47 hr
Apr 10, 12:54 PM AKDTWind AdvisoryAFG18 hr
Apr 10, 2:42 PM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG48 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.