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Small Craft Advisory 84, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 26, 2025

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jan 26, 2025, 2:44 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 26, 2025, 2:44 PM AKST (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 2025, 3:30 AM AKST
In force: 13 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 Jan 26, 6:29 AM AKST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 6:29 AM AKST, 8 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 26, 11:33 AM AKST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 26, 11:46 AM AKST, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 26, 11:49 AM AKST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 25, 3:52 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	13 hr
Jan 25, 3:52 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	13 hr
Jan 25, 3:52 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	13 hr
Jan 25, 3:52 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	13 hr
Jan 25, 4:15 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	41 hr
Jan 25, 10:34 PM AKST	Flash Flood Watch	AFC	15 hr
Jan 26, 4:31 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	35 hr
Jan 26, 4:31 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	47 hr
Jan 26, 4:31 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	23 hr
Jan 26, 4:54 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	23 hr
Jan 26, 4:54 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	23 hr
Jan 26, 4:54 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	23 hr
Jan 26, 4:54 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	23 hr
Jan 26, 5:43 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFC	35 hr
Jan 26, 9:28 AM AKST	High Surf Advisory	AFC	28 hr

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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.