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Cold Weather Advisory 13, NWS Anchorage, AK

March 6, 2026Aleutians East Borough, Bethel Census Area, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this cold weather advisory at Mar 6, 2026, 3:52 PM AKST for Aleutians East Borough, Bethel Census Area, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Mar 7, 2026, 12:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2026, 3:52 PM AKST (00:52 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 7, 2026, 12:00 AM AKST
Expired: Mar 12, 2026, 1:00 PM AKDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

Counties Aleutians East Borough, AK, Bethel Census Area, AK, Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this cold weather 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 cold weather advisory went out at Mar 6, 5:18 AM AKST, 10 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 5:18 AM AKST, 10 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 6, 3:30 PM AKST, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 3:31 PM AKST, 21 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
Mar 6, 4:33 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		4 days
Mar 6, 4:33 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		5 days
Mar 6, 4:33 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		7 days
Mar 6, 4:33 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		5 days
Mar 6, 4:40 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		23 hr
Mar 7, 3:16 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		36 hr
Mar 7, 3:16 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		5 days
Mar 7, 3:16 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC		11 hr
Mar 7, 3:17 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		4 days
Mar 7, 3:17 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		59 hr
Mar 7, 10:31 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	Aleutians East, Bethel Census Area, Lake and Peninsula	25 hr
Mar 7, 2:32 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		4 days
Mar 7, 2:32 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		60 hr
Mar 7, 2:32 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		13 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.