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Gale Warning 149, NWS Anchorage, AK

February 11, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 11, 2026, 3:15 AM AKST. It was in force for 5 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: Feb 11, 2026, 3:15 AM AKST (12:15 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2026, 4:00 PM AKST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, 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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Feb 10, 4:37 PM AKST, 10 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 4:37 PM AKST, 10 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 10, 10:23 PM AKST, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 11, 12:41 AM AKST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 10, 3:17 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Feb 10, 3:20 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	48 hr
Feb 11, 3:15 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC	11 hr
Feb 11, 3:15 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	11 hr
Feb 11, 3:15 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	36 hr
Feb 11, 3:15 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	49 hr
Feb 11, 3:16 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Feb 11, 7:24 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	8 hr
Feb 11, 2:19 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	37 hr
Feb 11, 2:19 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	13 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2026 Every gale warning in 2026

Sources

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