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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Juneau, AK

February 28, 20238 counties in Alaska

NWS Juneau, AK issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2023, 12:17 PM AKST for 8 counties in Alaska. It took effect at Feb 28, 2023, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2023, 12:17 PM AKST (21:17 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 28, 2023, 6:00 PM AKST
Expired: Mar 2, 2023, 12:00 AM AKST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Juneau, AK

Counties City and Borough of Wrangell, AK, Haines Borough, AK, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK, Juneau City and Borough, AK, Petersburg Borough, AK, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK, Skagway Municipality, AK, Yakutat City and Borough, AK

The radar

The Sitka radar (PACG), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 28, 4:34 AM AKST, 7 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 4:34 AM AKST, 7 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 3:23 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK		12 hr
Feb 28, 3:23 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK		5 days
Feb 28, 3:23 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK		24 hr
Feb 28, 3:25 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK		48 hr
Feb 28, 3:25 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AJK		36 hr
Feb 28, 12:17 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AJK	Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and	23 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.