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Gale Warning 394, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 23, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at May 23, 2026, 3:40 PM AKDT. It was in force for 47 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: May 23, 2026, 3:40 PM AKDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2026, 3:02 PM AKDT
In force: 47 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 May 23, 5:30 AM AKDT, 10 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 5:30 AM AKDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 1:40 PM AKDT, 2 hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 3:55 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	59 hr
May 23, 3:55 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	59 hr
May 23, 3:55 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
May 23, 3:55 AM AKDT	Storm Warning	AFC	35 hr
May 23, 4:12 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	10 hr
May 23, 2:01 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
May 23, 3:40 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	60 hr
May 23, 3:40 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2026 Every gale warning in 2026

Sources

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