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Small Craft Advisory 404, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 5, 2025

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at May 5, 2025, 3:04 AM AKDT. It was in force for 59 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2025, 3:04 AM AKDT (11:04 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2025, 2:06 PM AKDT
In force: 59 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at May 4, 4:38 PM AKDT, 10 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 4:38 PM AKDT, 10 hours 26 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
May 5, 3:04 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		36 hr
May 5, 4:12 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC		12 hr
May 5, 4:12 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		46 hr
May 5, 12:33 PM AKDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AFC	Bethel Census Area	3 hr
May 5, 3:15 PM AKDT	Areal Flood Warning	AFC	Bethel Census Area	30 hr
May 5, 3:41 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		60 hr
May 5, 3:48 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		34 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.