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Blizzard Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 11, 2026Nome Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Feb 11, 2026, 9:26 AM AKST for Nome Census Area, Alaska. It was in force for 26 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: Feb 11, 2026, 9:26 AM AKST (18:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2026, 11:55 AM AKST
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County Nome Census Area, AK

The radar

The Nome radar (PAEC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Feb 10, 2:00 PM AKST, 19 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 2:00 PM AKST, 19 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 3:48 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		4 days
Feb 10, 3:48 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		3 days
Feb 10, 3:49 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		24 hr
Feb 11, 1:47 PM AKST	Cold Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	46 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2026 Every blizzard 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.