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Gale Warning 923, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 10, 2024

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 10, 2024, 3:37 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 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 10, 2024, 3:37 AM AKST (12:37 UTC)
Expired: Dec 11, 2024, 3:30 AM AKST
In force: 24 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 9, 5:05 PM AKST, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 5:05 PM AKST, 10 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 11:30 PM AKST, 4 hours 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
1130 PM AKST Mon Dec 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0319 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Arctic Valley Ski Area  61.25N 149.53W
12/09/2024  M68 MPH          Anchorage          AK   Mesonet

            Sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph...gusting 50
            to 65 mph. Max gust of 68 mph.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Dec 9, 11:34 PM AKST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
1134 PM AKST Mon Dec 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0554 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 ESE Eagle River       61.31N 149.51W
12/09/2024  M38 MPH          Anchorage          AK   Mesonet

            Max wind gust.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Dec 9, 11:36 PM AKST, 4 hours 1 minute before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
1136 PM AKST Mon Dec 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0539 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 ENE Eagle River       61.33N 149.50W
12/09/2024  M58 MPH          Anchorage          AK   Mesonet

            Max wind gust.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Dec 9, 11:38 PM AKST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
1138 PM AKST Mon Dec 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0834 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NNE Eagle River       61.34N 149.55W
12/09/2024  M40 MPH          Anchorage          AK   Public

            Max wind gust.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Dec 9, 11:42 PM AKST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
1142 PM AKST Mon Dec 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0559 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 SSW Butte             61.52N 149.07W
12/09/2024  M64 MPH          Matanuska-Susitna  AK   Mesonet

            Max wind gust of 64 mph at 559 pm and again
            at 649 pm.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Dec 10, 12:35 AM AKST, 3 hours 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
1235 AM AKST Tue Dec 10 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Anchorage (Ted Stevens  61.18N 150.00W
12/10/2024  M49 MPH          Anchorage          AK   ASOS

&&

PP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 9, 3:41 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Dec 9, 3:51 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Dec 10, 3:37 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	50 hr
Dec 10, 3:37 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	11 hr
Dec 10, 4:09 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	11 hr
Dec 10, 4:09 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	35 hr
Dec 10, 6:51 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	21 hr
Dec 10, 11:16 AM AKST	Areal Flood Advisory	AFC	50 hr
Dec 10, 2:50 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	13 hr
Dec 10, 2:50 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	13 hr
Dec 10, 2:51 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	39 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.