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Extreme Cold Warning 5, NWS Juneau, AK

December 17, 20259 counties in Alaska

NWS Juneau, AK issued this extreme cold warning at Dec 17, 2025, 12:14 PM AKST for 9 counties in Alaska. It took effect at Dec 18, 2025, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 6 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2025, 12:14 PM AKST (21:14 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 18, 2025, 6:00 PM AKST
Expired
Dec 24, 2025, 9:00 PM AKST
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Juneau, AK

Counties City and Borough of Wrangell, AK, Haines Borough, AK, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK, Juneau City and Borough, AK, Petersburg Borough, AK, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK, Sitka City and Borough, AK, Skagway Municipality, AK, Yakutat City and Borough, AK

The radar

The Sitka radar (PACG), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 3:10 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK3 days
Dec 16, 3:10 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK24 hr
Dec 17, 3:35 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK3 days
Dec 17, 3:35 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK18 hr
Dec 17, 3:47 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK43 hr
Dec 17, 3:47 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK60 hr
Dec 17, 4:24 AM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAJKKetchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area35 hr
Dec 17, 12:14 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKJuneau City and52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.