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Blizzard Warning 25, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 18, 2026Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this blizzard warning at Mar 18, 2026, 8:46 PM AKDT for Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. It was in force for 7 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 18, 2026, 8:46 PM AKDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2026, 3:54 AM AKDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County Northwest Arctic 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 Mar 18, 1:07 PM AKDT, 7 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 1:07 PM AKDT, 7 hours 39 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 18, 8:49 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	25 hr
Mar 19, 12:25 PM AKDT	Blizzard Warning	AFG	North Slope	42 hr
Mar 19, 12:25 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	42 hr
Mar 19, 1:35 PM AKDT	Blizzard Warning	AFG	Northwest Arctic	6 hr
Mar 19, 3:48 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		48 hr
Mar 19, 3:48 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		48 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.