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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 10, 2026Denali Borough, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Jan 10, 2026, 7:26 AM AKST for Denali Borough, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. It was in force for 30 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 10, 2026, 7:26 AM AKST (16:26 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2026, 1:29 PM AKST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

Counties Denali Borough, AK, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

The radar

The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 10, 3:54 AM AKST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 3:54 AM AKST, 3 hours 32 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 9, 3:49 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		36 hr
Jan 10, 11:37 AM AKST	Cold Weather Advisory	AFG	Nome Census Area, North Slope, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	5 days

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Alaska, 2026 Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.