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Blizzard Warning 23, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 11, 2026Nome Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 11, 2026, 7:59 AM AKDT for Nome Census Area, Alaska. It was in force for 21 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: Mar 11, 2026, 7:59 AM AKDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2026, 5:02 AM AKDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County Nome Census Area, 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 Mar 10, 1:22 PM AKDT, 18 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 1:22 PM AKDT, 18 hours 37 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
Mar 11, 11:21 AM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	Nome Census Area	26 hr
Mar 11, 3:48 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		12 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.