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Gale Warning 973, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 26, 2024

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 26, 2024, 3:18 PM AKST. 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 26, 2024, 3:18 PM AKST (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 27, 2024, 4:00 AM AKST
In force: 13 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 26, 5:42 AM AKST, 9 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 5:42 AM AKST, 9 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 26, 2:04 PM AKST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 26, 3:07 PM AKST, 11 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 26, 3:13 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	59 hr
Dec 26, 3:18 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	13 hr
Dec 26, 3:19 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	47 hr
Dec 27, 3:46 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	35 hr
Dec 27, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	35 hr
Dec 27, 4:07 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	59 hr
Dec 27, 4:07 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	23 hr
Dec 27, 4:07 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	46 hr
Dec 27, 2:53 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	25 hr
Dec 27, 2:58 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Dec 27, 2:58 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Dec 27, 2:58 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	12 hr
Dec 27, 2:58 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	35 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2024 Every gale warning in 2024

Sources

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