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Gale Warning 55, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 12, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 12, 2026, 3:55 AM AKST. It was in force for 11 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 12, 2026, 3:55 AM AKST (12:55 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2026, 2:44 PM AKST
In force: 11 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 11, 4:24 PM AKST, 11 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 4:24 PM AKST, 11 hours 31 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
Jan 11, 3:58 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		59 hr
Jan 12, 2:52 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 2:52 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 2:52 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		36 hr
Jan 12, 3:55 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 3:55 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 3:55 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		3 days
Jan 12, 10:54 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFC	Aleutians West Census Area, Lake and Peninsula	3 days
Jan 12, 2:43 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		62 hr
Jan 12, 2:44 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC		49 hr
Jan 12, 2:44 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		62 hr
Jan 12, 2:44 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC		37 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2026 Every 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.