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Gale Warning 51, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 10, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 10, 2026, 3:19 PM AKST. It was in force for 36 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: Jan 10, 2026, 3:19 PM AKST (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2026, 3:45 AM AKST
In force: 36 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 Jan 10, 5:49 AM AKST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 5:49 AM AKST, 9 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 10, 3:02 PM AKST, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 10, 3:05 PM AKST, 14 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
305 PM AKST Sat Jan 10 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     Snow             WFO Anchorage           61.16N 149.98W
01/10/2026  M1.9 Inch        Anchorage          AK   Official NWS Obs

            Liquid equivalent 0.18 in. Snow depth 21 in.
            Still snowing.

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Quesada

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 3:24 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		3 days
Jan 10, 3:24 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		25 hr
Jan 10, 9:04 PM AKST	Cold Weather Advisory	AFC	Aleutians East, Bethel Census Area, Bristol Bay, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula	4 days
Jan 10, 9:04 PM AKST	Extreme Cold Warning	AFC	Bethel Census Area, Lake and Peninsula	66 hr
Jan 11, 2:28 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		12 hr
Jan 11, 2:28 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		25 hr
Jan 11, 2:28 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		25 hr
Jan 11, 2:28 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		25 hr
Jan 11, 2:47 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		13 hr
Jan 11, 2:47 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		13 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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