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Blizzard Warning 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 26, 2026North Slope Borough, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Feb 26, 2026, 11:11 AM AKST for North Slope Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Feb 27, 2026, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 63 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 26, 2026, 11:11 AM AKST (20:11 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 27, 2026, 9:00 AM AKST
Expired: Mar 2, 2026, 12:00 AM AKST
In force: 63 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County North Slope Borough, AK

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 26, 4:14 AM AKST, 6 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 4:14 AM AKST, 6 hours 57 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 26, 1:47 PM AKST	Cold Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	70 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.