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Gale Warning 20, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 24, 2024

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 24, 2024, 4:45 PM AKST. It was in force for 36 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: Jan 24, 2024, 4:45 PM AKST (01:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2024, 4:30 AM AKST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, 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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Jan 24, 5:35 AM AKST, 11 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 5:35 AM AKST, 11 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 24, 11:03 AM AKST, 5 hours 42 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 24, 4:11 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Jan 24, 4:45 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	36 hr
Jan 24, 5:04 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC	35 hr
Jan 24, 5:04 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	35 hr
Jan 24, 5:04 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	35 hr
Jan 24, 5:04 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	35 hr
Jan 25, 3:55 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
Jan 25, 3:55 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
Jan 25, 4:24 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
Jan 25, 4:24 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	24 hr
Jan 25, 12:39 PM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFC	50 hr
Jan 25, 2:35 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	13 hr
Jan 25, 2:35 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	13 hr
Jan 25, 2:35 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	13 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.