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Gale Warning 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 20, 2025

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 20, 2025, 4:02 AM AKST. It was in force for 11 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
Jan 20, 2025, 4:02 AM AKST (13:02 UTC)
Expired
Jan 20, 2025, 3:05 PM AKST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, 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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Jan 19, 2:01 PM AKST, 14 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 2:01 PM AKST, 14 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 3:21 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area60 hr
Jan 20, 4:02 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG34 hr
Jan 20, 4:02 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFG3 days
Jan 20, 11:47 AM AKSTWind AdvisoryAFGDenali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area40 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2025Every gale warning in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.