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Gale Warning 65, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 14, 2024

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 14, 2024, 3:58 AM AKST. It was in force for 23 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
Feb 14, 2024, 3:58 AM AKST (12:58 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2024, 3:23 AM AKST
In force
23 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 Feb 13, 2:51 PM AKST, 13 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 2:51 PM AKST, 13 hours 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 14, 2:37 AM AKST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
237 AM AKST Wed Feb 14 2024

AKZ809-150000-
Central Brooks Range-
Including Anaktuvuk Pass, Atigun Pass, Galbraith Lake,
and the Dalton Highway from MP 232 to MP 322
237 AM AKST Wed Feb 14 2024

...Strong winds, blowing and drifting snow along Dalton Hwy...

Strong southerly winds will continue across the Brooks Range
today with gusts upwards of 50 mph through mountain passes and
along the Dalton Hwy. Blowing and drifting snow may result in
reduced visibility at times creating hazardous travel conditions.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 1:14 AM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area10 hr
Feb 14, 3:33 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area65 hr
Feb 14, 4:03 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG34 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2024Every gale warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.