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Gale Warning 400, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 30, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at May 30, 2026, 2:50 PM AKDT. It was in force for 25 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 30, 2026, 2:50 PM AKDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2026, 3:30 PM AKDT
In force: 25 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 30, 4:43 AM AKDT, 10 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:43 AM AKDT, 10 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 9:40 AM AKDT, 5 hours 10 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
May 30, 1:25 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		13 hr
May 30, 3:44 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		11 hr
May 30, 6:35 AM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	Matanuska-Susitna	2 hr
May 30, 2:48 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC		25 hr
May 30, 2:48 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		25 hr
May 30, 2:50 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		25 hr

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Sources

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