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Gale Warning 227, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 5, 2026, 2:12 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 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
- Mar 5, 2026, 2:12 PM AKST (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2026, 3:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- 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 Mar 5, 5:46 AM AKST, 8 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 5:46 AM AKST, 8 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:31 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Aleutians East, Bristol Bay, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula | 44 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:59 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 35 hr | |
| Mar 4, 3:59 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:25 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:25 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:25 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 35 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:25 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:25 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:25 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Mar 4, 9:26 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Kenai Peninsula | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:26 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFC | Anchorage Municipality, Chugach Census Area, Copper River Census Area, Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna | 61 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:35 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 23 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:35 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:35 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 23 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:35 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 23 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:35 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 35 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:35 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Mar 5, 4:14 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula | 31 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:41 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Mar 5, 5:09 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFC | Kenai Peninsula | 40 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:12 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.