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Gale Warning 353, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 4, 2025

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at May 4, 2025, 3:12 PM AKDT. 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
May 4, 2025, 3:12 PM AKDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2025, 4:12 AM AKDT
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 May 4, 5:27 AM AKDT, 9 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 5:27 AM AKDT, 9 hours 45 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 10:32 AM AKDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 3:41 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC60 hr
May 4, 3:41 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC4 days
May 4, 3:58 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC36 hr
May 4, 3:58 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
May 4, 3:58 AM AKDTStorm WarningAFC24 hr
May 4, 5:04 AM AKDTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFCChugach Census Area29 hr
May 4, 3:12 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC48 hr
May 4, 3:19 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC60 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.