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Winter Storm Warning 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 21, 2023Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Oct 21, 2023, 3:26 PM AKDT for Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Oct 21, 2023, 8:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 56 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: Oct 21, 2023, 3:26 PM AKDT (23:26 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 21, 2023, 8:00 PM AKDT
Expired: Oct 24, 2023, 4:24 AM AKDT
In force: 56 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County Northwest Arctic Borough, 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 Oct 21, 2:26 AM AKDT, 13 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 2:26 AM AKDT, 13 hours 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
Oct 21, 12:05 AM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	27 hr
Oct 21, 12:40 AM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	Northwest Arctic	3 days
Oct 21, 1:41 AM AKDT	Storm Warning	AFG		14 hr
Oct 21, 1:43 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		31 hr
Oct 21, 3:32 PM AKDT	High Surf Advisory	AFG	Nome Census Area, North Slope, Northwest Arctic	3 days
Oct 21, 3:47 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		24 hr
Oct 21, 3:47 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		24 hr
Oct 21, 3:47 PM AKDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		35 hr
Oct 21, 3:49 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		24 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.