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Small Craft Advisory 604, NWS Anchorage, AK

July 20, 2026

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jul 20, 2026, 2:11 AM AKDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2026, 2:11 AM AKDT (10:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2026, 3:15 PM AKDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jul 19, 4:34 PM AKDT, 9 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:34 PM AKDT, 9 hours 37 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
Jul 20, 3:24 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC		12 hr
Jul 20, 3:24 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		12 hr
Jul 20, 3:29 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC		35 hr
Jul 20, 3:29 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		48 hr
Jul 20, 3:45 PM AKDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AFC	Matanuska-Susitna	40 hr
Jul 20, 3:51 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC		36 hr
Jul 20, 3:51 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		3 days

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Alaska, 2026 Every small craft advisory 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.