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Gale Warning 891, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 27, 2025

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 27, 2025, 3:35 PM AKST. It was in force for 60 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 27, 2025, 3:35 PM AKST (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Dec 30, 2025, 3:22 AM AKST
In force: 60 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 27, 5:53 AM AKST, 9 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 5:53 AM AKST, 9 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 27, 10:31 AM AKST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 27, 10:54 AM AKST, 4 hours 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
1054 AM AKST Sat Dec 27 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1001 AM     Snow             1 E Valdez              61.14N 146.34W
12/27/2025  E1.0 Inch        Chugach            AK   Public

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Local storm report, Dec 27, 2:20 PM AKST, 1 hour 15 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 27, 3:43 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		23 hr
Dec 27, 3:43 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		72 hr
Dec 27, 3:43 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		36 hr
Dec 27, 3:44 PM AKST	Cold Weather Advisory	AFC	Copper River Census Area	47 hr
Dec 27, 4:07 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		24 hr
Dec 27, 4:07 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		24 hr
Dec 27, 4:07 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		24 hr
Dec 28, 2:24 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		61 hr
Dec 28, 2:24 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		25 hr
Dec 28, 2:58 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		36 hr
Dec 28, 3:08 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		13 hr
Dec 28, 3:08 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC		13 hr
Dec 28, 3:08 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		13 hr
Dec 28, 2:20 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		3 days

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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.