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Winter Storm Warning 41, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 6, 2024Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Dec 6, 2024, 2:20 PM AKST for Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Dec 8, 2024, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 42 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 6, 2024, 2:20 PM AKST (23:20 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 8, 2024, 3:00 PM AKST
Expired: Dec 10, 2024, 8:51 AM AKST
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

Counties Nome Census Area, AK, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 6, 4:14 AM AKST, 10 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 4:14 AM AKST, 10 hours 6 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 5, 10:49 PM AKST	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	Fairbanks North Star	13 hr
Dec 6, 3:57 AM AKST	High Wind Watch	AFG	Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	23 hr
Dec 6, 2:20 PM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	Northwest Arctic	21 hr
Dec 6, 2:20 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	4 days
Dec 6, 2:25 PM AKST	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	Fairbanks North Star	13 hr
Dec 6, 2:54 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		72 hr
Dec 6, 2:57 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		23 hr
Dec 6, 2:57 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		36 hr
Dec 6, 2:57 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		23 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Alaska, 2024 Every winter storm 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.