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Gale Warning 489, NWS Anchorage, AK

August 30, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Aug 30, 2026, 3:27 PM AKDT. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 30, 2026, 3:27 PM AKDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2026, 2:57 PM AKDT
In force
24 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 Aug 30, 5:34 AM AKDT, 9 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 5:34 AM AKDT, 9 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 4:00 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC35 hr
Aug 30, 4:17 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC35 hr
Aug 30, 4:17 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC47 hr
Aug 30, 4:56 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC47 hr
Aug 30, 4:56 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC47 hr
Aug 30, 10:51 AM AKDTFrost AdvisoryAFCAnchorage Municipality, Matanuska-Susitna70 hr
Aug 30, 3:27 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC24 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2026Every gale warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.