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Gale Warning 313, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 11, 2024

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 11, 2024, 3:36 AM AKST. It was in force for 57 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 11, 2024, 3:36 AM AKST (12:36 UTC)
Expired: Dec 13, 2024, 1:00 PM AKST
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, 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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Dec 11, 2:51 AM AKST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 2:51 AM AKST, 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 11, 2:40 AM AKST, 56 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 11, 3:36 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		25 hr
Dec 11, 3:36 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		25 hr
Dec 11, 3:36 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		25 hr
Dec 11, 3:36 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		11 hr
Dec 11, 2:37 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		46 hr
Dec 11, 2:39 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		14 hr
Dec 11, 2:39 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		14 hr
Dec 11, 2:52 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	4 days

Nearby

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Sources

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