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Gale Warning 86, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 22, 2026

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 22, 2026, 3:49 PM AKDT. It was in force for 12 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: Apr 22, 2026, 3:49 PM AKDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2026, 3:46 AM AKDT
In force: 12 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 Apr 22, 5:15 AM AKDT, 10 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 5:15 AM AKDT, 10 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 22, 10:07 AM AKDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 22, 2:06 PM AKDT, 1 hour 43 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
Apr 21, 5:11 PM AKDT	Blizzard Warning	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic	46 hr
Apr 21, 5:20 PM AKDT	Wind Advisory	AFG	Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	3 days
Apr 22, 3:45 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		48 hr
Apr 22, 3:45 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		36 hr
Apr 22, 3:46 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		48 hr
Apr 22, 3:46 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		48 hr
Apr 22, 12:16 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic	26 hr
Apr 22, 12:22 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	16 hr
Apr 22, 12:24 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	16 hr
Apr 22, 3:48 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		36 hr
Apr 22, 3:49 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		36 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.