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Small Craft Advisory 992, NWS Anchorage, AK

November 20, 2025

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Nov 20, 2025, 4:16 PM AKST. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 20, 2025, 4:16 PM AKST (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Nov 22, 2025, 3:45 AM AKST
In force: 35 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 Nov 20, 5:27 AM AKST, 10 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 5:27 AM AKST, 10 hours 49 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
Nov 20, 3:03 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		24 hr
Nov 20, 3:03 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		60 hr
Nov 20, 4:16 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		23 hr
Nov 20, 4:16 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		11 hr
Nov 20, 6:26 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	Kenai Peninsula	11 hr
Nov 21, 3:12 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		35 hr
Nov 21, 3:12 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		48 hr
Nov 21, 3:12 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC		48 hr
Nov 21, 3:13 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		24 hr
Nov 21, 3:20 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		24 hr
Nov 21, 5:29 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	Kenai Peninsula	22 hr
Nov 21, 11:00 AM AKST	High Surf Advisory	AFC	Kenai Peninsula	7 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.