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Gale Warning 864, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 20, 2025

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 20, 2025, 1:40 PM AKST. 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: Dec 20, 2025, 1:40 PM AKST (22:40 UTC)
Expired: Dec 21, 2025, 2:15 AM AKST
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 Dec 20, 5:12 AM AKST, 8 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 5:12 AM AKST, 8 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 20, 3:42 AM AKST	Wind Advisory	AFC	Anchorage Municipality	32 hr
Dec 20, 3:47 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		23 hr
Dec 20, 3:47 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		23 hr
Dec 20, 3:47 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC		23 hr
Dec 20, 3:47 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		23 hr
Dec 20, 3:48 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		72 hr
Dec 20, 3:49 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		22 hr
Dec 20, 3:49 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		22 hr
Dec 20, 1:39 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		13 hr
Dec 20, 1:39 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		13 hr
Dec 20, 1:40 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		13 hr
Dec 20, 1:40 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		13 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.