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Winter Storm Warning 31, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 6, 2023Nome Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Dec 6, 2023, 2:12 PM AKST for Nome Census Area, Alaska. It was in force for 13 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 6, 2023, 2:12 PM AKST (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Dec 7, 2023, 2:50 AM AKST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County Nome Census Area, AK

The radar

The Nome radar (PAEC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Dec 6, 3:54 AM AKST, 10 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 3:54 AM AKST, 10 hours 18 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 5, 3:55 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	36 hr
Dec 5, 5:09 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		22 hr
Dec 5, 5:09 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		22 hr
Dec 5, 5:12 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		44 hr
Dec 5, 5:12 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		35 hr
Dec 5, 5:12 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		22 hr
Dec 5, 5:12 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		10 days
Dec 5, 5:13 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		11 hr
Dec 6, 4:30 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		11 hr
Dec 6, 4:30 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		3 days
Dec 6, 4:31 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Alaska, 2023 Every winter storm warning in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.