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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 13, 2024Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this extreme cold warning at Dec 13, 2024, 3:25 AM AKST for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Dec 14, 2024, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 18 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 13, 2024, 3:25 AM AKST (12:25 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2024, 3:00 PM AKST
Expired: Dec 15, 2024, 9:00 AM AKST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

Counties Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

The radar

The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 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 extreme cold warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this extreme cold warning went out at Dec 12, 12:37 PM AKST, 14 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 12:37 PM AKST, 14 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 13, 3:32 AM AKST	Cold Weather Advisory	AFG	Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	53 hr
Dec 13, 3:50 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		9 hr
Dec 13, 3:50 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		35 hr
Dec 13, 3:50 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		48 hr
Dec 13, 3:52 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		25 hr
Dec 13, 3:52 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		35 hr
Dec 13, 3:52 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		48 hr
Dec 13, 12:57 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		39 hr
Dec 13, 12:57 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		62 hr
Dec 13, 1:00 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.