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Winter Storm Watch 21, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 3, 2025North Slope Borough, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm watch at Mar 3, 2025, 1:28 PM AKST for North Slope Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Mar 5, 2025, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2025, 1:28 PM AKST (22:28 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2025, 6:00 AM AKST
Expired: Mar 4, 2025, 1:09 PM AKST
In force
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County North Slope Borough, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Mar 3, 12:17 AM AKST, 13 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 12:17 AM AKST, 13 hours 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 3:48 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		60 hr
Mar 2, 10:15 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	Nome Census Area	51 hr
Mar 3, 12:29 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area	70 hr
Mar 3, 3:46 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		24 hr
Mar 3, 3:59 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	8 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.