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Gale Warning 259, NWS Anchorage, AK

March 17, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 17, 2026, 2:35 PM AKDT. 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 17, 2026, 2:35 PM AKDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2026, 3:49 AM AKDT
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 17, 5:00 AM AKDT, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 5:00 AM AKDT, 9 hours 35 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 16, 4:05 PM AKDT	High Wind Warning	AFC	Matanuska-Susitna	13 hr
Mar 17, 3:59 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		24 hr
Mar 17, 3:59 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC		24 hr
Mar 17, 3:59 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		24 hr
Mar 17, 3:59 AM AKDT	Storm Warning	AFC		11 hr
Mar 17, 3:59 AM AKDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		24 hr
Mar 17, 4:06 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		10 hr
Mar 17, 4:06 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC		71 hr
Mar 17, 4:06 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		4 days
Mar 17, 4:06 AM AKDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		4 days
Mar 17, 2:41 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		13 hr
Mar 17, 2:41 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC		13 hr
Mar 17, 2:41 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		13 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.