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Wind Advisory 26, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 25, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2012, 5:02 AM AKST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2012, 5:02 AM AKST (14:02 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2012, 9:08 PM AKST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

809 
WWAK73 PAFG 251402
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
502 AM AKST TUE DEC 25 2012

AKZ223-260100-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.121225T1402Z-121226T0100Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
502 AM AKST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATION...AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE
  DELTA JUNCTION AREA FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING TO
  15 TO 30 MPH TOWARDS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY
BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
531 
WWAK73 PAFG 252258
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
158 PM AKST TUE DEC 25 2012

AKZ223-260700-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-121226T0900Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
158 PM AKST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND
  THEN DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY
BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND.

&&

$$
022 
WWAK73 PAFG 260608
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
908 PM AKST TUE DEC 25 2012

AKZ223-260715-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-121226T0900Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
908 PM AKST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$
RT DEC 12

The office that day

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

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Sources

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