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Gale Warning 81, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 20, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 20, 2026, 2:34 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 days. 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 20, 2026, 2:34 PM AKST (23:34 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2026, 2:37 PM AKST
In force: 3 days
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 20, 4:41 AM AKST, 9 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 4:41 AM AKST, 9 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 19, 3:12 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	48 hr
Jan 20, 2:28 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	5 days
Jan 20, 2:54 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	36 hr
Jan 20, 3:01 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	49 hr
Jan 20, 3:01 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	49 hr
Jan 20, 2:37 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	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.