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Gale Warning 28, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 31, 2026

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 31, 2026, 3:45 AM AKST. It was in force for 8 days. 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 31, 2026, 3:45 AM AKST (12:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 8, 2026, 3:45 AM AKST
In force: 8 days
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 30, 3:25 PM AKST, 12 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 3:25 PM AKST, 12 hours 20 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 30, 3:48 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		12 hr
Jan 31, 3:46 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		12 hr
Jan 31, 1:35 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	North Slope	67 hr
Jan 31, 1:35 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	67 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.