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Gale Warning 869, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 7, 2024

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 7, 2024, 2:52 PM AKST. It was in force for 25 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 7, 2024, 2:52 PM AKST (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Dec 8, 2024, 3:57 PM AKST
In force: 25 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 Dec 7, 5:04 AM AKST, 9 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 5:04 AM AKST, 9 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 7, 2:32 PM AKST, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 7, 2:34 PM AKST, 18 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
Dec 6, 3:46 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Dec 7, 3:53 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	4 days
Dec 7, 3:54 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	25 min
Dec 7, 3:54 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	25 min
Dec 7, 3:54 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	25 min
Dec 7, 4:19 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	10 min
Dec 7, 4:19 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	10 min
Dec 7, 4:21 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	36 hr
Dec 7, 4:26 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC	10 hr
Dec 7, 4:26 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	23 hr
Dec 7, 4:26 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	23 hr
Dec 7, 4:29 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	23 hr
Dec 7, 4:29 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	23 hr
Dec 7, 4:29 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	23 hr
Dec 7, 2:51 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 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.