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Gale Warning 24, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 26, 2026

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 26, 2026, 3:48 PM AKST. It was in force for 36 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: Jan 26, 2026, 3:48 PM AKST (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jan 28, 2026, 3:45 AM AKST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 26, 6:34 AM AKST, 9 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 6:34 AM AKST, 9 hours 14 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
Jan 26, 3:48 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		12 hr
Jan 26, 3:49 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		36 hr
Jan 26, 3:49 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		48 hr
Jan 26, 7:26 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	Nome Census Area, North Slope, Northwest Arctic	3 days
Jan 27, 3:45 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		4 days
Jan 27, 3:45 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFG		36 hr
Jan 27, 3:46 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		24 hr
Jan 27, 4:28 AM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	North Slope	2 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2026 Every gale 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.