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Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Juneau, AK

February 27, 20265 counties in Alaska

NWS Juneau, AK issued this winter storm warning at Feb 27, 2026, 3:19 PM AKST for 5 counties in Alaska. It took effect at Feb 28, 2026, 6:00 AM 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: Feb 27, 2026, 3:19 PM AKST (00:19 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 28, 2026, 6:00 AM AKST
Expired: Mar 1, 2026, 5:32 PM AKST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Juneau, AK

Counties City and Borough of Wrangell, AK, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK, Juneau City and Borough, AK, Petersburg Borough, AK, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK

The radar

The Sitka radar (PACG), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 27, 9:07 AM AKST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 9:07 AM AKST, 6 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 27, 11:03 AM AKST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 27, 2:57 PM AKST, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 3:19 PM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AJK	Petersburg, City and Borough of Wrangell	23 hr
Feb 27, 3:19 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AJK	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and	30 hr
Feb 28, 4:36 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK		13 hr
Feb 28, 4:36 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK		64 hr
Feb 28, 1:51 PM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AJK	Petersburg	43 hr
Feb 28, 1:51 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AJK	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and, City and Borough of Wrangell	43 hr
Feb 28, 2:46 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK		4 days
Feb 28, 2:46 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK		4 days

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.