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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Jan 20, 2025, 3:21 AM AKST for 4 counties in Alaska. It took effect at Jan 20, 2025, 9:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 43 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, 3:21 AM AKST (12:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2025, 9:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2025, 3:44 PM AKST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
Counties Kusilvak Census Area, AK, Nome Census Area, AK, Northwest Arctic Borough, AK, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK
The radar
The Nome radar (PAEC), 231 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 19, 2:01 PM AKST, 13 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 2:01 PM AKST, 13 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 4:02 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Jan 20, 4:02 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 20, 4:02 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 3 days | |
| Jan 20, 11:47 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.